Since 2003, the Michigan Department of Community Health has been secretly collecting the names, dates of birth, risk categories, and other demographic information of people submitting for confidential HIV testing at grant-funded locations throughout the state and storing them in a massive database, a months-long investigation by The American Independent has discovered.
US: Journalist Todd Heywood discovers that Michigan health department have been secretly collecting HIV testing information for the past decade
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