Only about one-third of Americans have ever tried to get information about their family’s medical history, an increasingly important tool in avoiding and treating major illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and dementia. (Theย Washington Post)

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Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the...