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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Ohio Tuesday after state lawmakers passed a law banning transgender hormones and sex-change surgeries for minors. The law, which is set to go into effect in April, bars…

Teens between the ages of 12 and 18 increasingly sought breast and chest sex change surgeries from 2016-2019, according to a study published Wednesday by the JAMA Network, a medical journal. The study, “National Estimates of…

A newly revealed memo from the Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty describes the breadth of services, including sex-change hormone therapy, counseling and surgeries, offered to transitioning soldiers. Soldiers can obtain…

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Thursday banning the use of cross-sex hormones and surgeries for minors for the purpose of gender transitions. The bill’s passage comes amid a…

The government of Canada announced in February that it will now pay up to $75,000 “per lifetime” for each federal public service employee, and his or her dependents, who wishes to gender transition. These changes are part…

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) signed legislation Monday that protects minor children and teens from experimental puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating irreversible surgeries for the treatment of gender confusion. In signing HB…

A team of researchers led by Northwestern University has developed a dissolvable implant that rapidly relieves pain without the use of drugs, according to a study published in Science.  The biocompatible…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – To deal with rising hospitalizations amidst the current COVID-19 surge, hospitals are taking steps they took earlier in the pandemic. The Central Ohio Trauma System (COTS) announced on Thursday that all…

Columbus area hospitals are again delaying elective procedures as COVID cases and hospitalizations surge across Ohio.As of Sunday, 4,675 Ohioans were hospitalized with the virus, including 1,176 in Ohio's intensive care units, according…

As of Friday, 4,723 Ohioans were hospitalized with COVID-19, a figure last seen almost a year ago. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is postponing all elective surgeries that…