As feds ban gender affirming care for minors, trans kids already cannot get the medical care in Spokane

Even before Thursday’s announcement of a federal rule stripping funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors, that care had stopped for transgender children in Spokane.

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It

Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. Advocates say lawsuits will follow.

‘This is not medicine’: RFK Jr. targets pediatric gender treatments

Activist Chloe Cole, who detransitioned after receiving treatment as a child, states, ‘I was made to feel that the way that ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Trump administration moves to restrict gender-affirming care for minors nationwide

The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a series of actions meant to effectively ban transition-related medical ...

HHS proposes actions to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday a series of proposed actions to limit access to ...
El Paso Times

Emma Guevara is El Paso Children's Hospital HS female athlete of week

With the 2025-26 high school sports season ongoing, the El Paso Times will give readers a chance to vote to identify El Paso's top athletes. This week, readers voted for which El Paso Times' El Paso ...
El Paso Times

Danika Sifuentes wins El Paso Children's Hospital high school female athlete for Nov. 3-8

With the 2025-26 high school sports season ongoing, the El Paso Times will give readers a chance to vote to identify El Paso's top athletes. This week, readers voted for which El Paso Times' El Paso ...
The Repository

Akron Children's Hospital expanding reach into Stark County with new Jackson Township site

JACKSON TWP. ‒ Akron Children's Hospital is opening a new pediatrics office in the township, expanding its footprint in Stark County. The Akron-based hospital system announced Oct. 9 that it acquired ...
Daily Herald

25 years of play, healing and hope: How St. Alexius’ Child Life internship reshaped pediatric caregiving

For 25 years, the Child Life internship program at Ascension St. Alexius Women & Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates has been paving career paths in a service integral to most pediatric departments ...
Futurism

Hospitals Deploying Robot Programmed to Act Like Child to Comfort Pediatric Patients

A new face is lighting up hospitals and nursing homes across the country. It’s an animated, cartoonish persona displayed on a digital screen roughly the size of an iPad, mounted on top of a robotic ...
The New York Times

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

A network dedicated to early phase trials of treatments for children with brain cancer will be phased out. By Nina Agrawal A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in ...
Reuters

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children

Aug 20 (Reuters) - The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine ...