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Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?

As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job.

© Biophoto Associates/Science Source

A scanning electron micrograph of human chromosomes. Polygenic risk scoring, increasingly popular in personal medicine, uses an individual’s genome to estimate that person’s likelihood of developing a specific disease.

Condé Nast Pays Over $400,000 to 3 Journalists Fired Over Protest

28 May 2026 at 05:03
The former workers were among a group of employees who confronted the company’s head of human resources about layoffs last fall.

© Victor Llorente for The New York Times

The Manhattan headquarters of Condé Nast, which reached a settlement with the NewsGuild of New York, the union representing workers the company fired.
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