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HIV: Feds end investigation into potential breach of private patient info

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Larry Frampton, a Nashville HIV community leader, is one of at least three people to file a complaint with the federal government over a potential breach of HIV data at the Metro Health Department.

Larry Frampton, a Nashville HIV community leader, is one of at least three people to file a complaint with the federal government over a potential breach of HIV data at the Metro Health Department. (Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Tennessean)

Federal investigators have closed an investigation into a potential breach of a HIV patient list in Nashville after concluding it was unlikely that anyone inappropriately accessed the private information of patients.

But the investigation did not conclude exhaustively that the information didn’t leak, leaving a shred of doubt for an HIV-positive community that remains terrified of being outed by others. Read More

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