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Elizabeth and Nick Woodruff of Binghamton, New York, were sued for nearly $10,000 by the hospital where Nick’s infected leg was amputated. Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR hide caption toggle caption Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR Elizabeth and Nick Woodruff of Binghamton, New York, were sued for nearly $10,000 by the hospital where …

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This article is copublished with A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments—and sending it to Facebook. The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America. On 33 of them we found the tracker, called the …

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