Parents urge Edmonds School Board to scrap new 7:20 a.m. elementary start time
LYNNWOOD — Nearly three dozen parents, students and district employees urged the Edmonds School District (ESD) Board Tuesday to abandon plans for a 7:20 a.m. start at 12 elementary schools, arguing the change would deprive young children of sleep, expose them to predawn darkness at bus stops and shift an inequitable burden onto working and […]
ASPS urges delay on sex-change surgeries for kids: Childhood gender dysphoria often resolves naturally
WASHINGTON.D.C.—The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) issued a position statement on Tuesday, February 3, recommending that surgeons delay gender-related breast, chest, genital and facial surgeries for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria until patients reach at least 19 years old. ASPS concluded there was “insufficient evidence demonstrating a favorable risk-benefit ratio for the pathway […]
CA, OR, and WA form new West Coast Health Alliance to counter Trump’s CDC overhaul
OLYMPIA — In a move to counter the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines coming from the Trump administration, the governors of Washington, California, and Oregon will be launching a new upcoming West Coast Health Alliance. Joint statement from Governors Gavin Newsom, Tina Kotek, and Bob Ferguson: “President Trump’s mass firing of CDC […]
