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- House Bill 379 (2023), Enrolled Text
Government Record · 2023
Florida Legislature
HB 379 restricts device use, requires districts to prevent student social-media access over district Internet except teacher-directed educational use, prohibits TikTok on district systems, and requires…
- House Hearing Transcript, Serial No. 118-66 (2023)
Government Record · 2023
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
Cole testified before Congress about her treatment and characterized her parents’ consent as coerced. Her testimony is sworn witness testimony, not a judicial finding.
- House Republicans call on Vanderbilt hospital to stop transgender surgeries on minors (2022)
News Report · 2022
Tennessee Lookout
This report attributes the quoted remark to Vanderbilt physician Shayne Taylor and says the videos dated from 2018 and 2020. It expressly notes that the remark…
- House Roll Call 350: Motion to Recommit H.R. 3492 (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
The motion to recommit H.R. 3492 failed 210–218 immediately before House passage. The bill then advanced by the separate passage vote.
- House Roll Call 351: On Passage of H.R. 3492 (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
The House passed H.R. 3492 by 216–211 on December 17, 2025. This was House passage only, not enactment into law.
- How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention
News Report · 2024
The New Yorker
The New Yorker's 2024 investigation of CoComelon: fast cuts, attention testing and analytics built to hold small children. Moonbug's executives deny the attention tool described came…
- HPV vaccine (catch-up and recommendation status) — MHLW notice page (2022)
Government Record · 2022
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
The ministry's own page records that in June 2013 it temporarily withheld proactive recommendation of the HPV vaccine over adverse-event reports; the expert evaluation of November…
- Illinois Public Act 103-0556 (SB 1782)
Government Record · 2023
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois's child vlogger law, signed August 11, 2023 and effective July 1, 2024: parents who make money from videos featuring their children must set aside a…
- Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (2003)
Document · 2003
Institute of Medicine, Immunization Safety Review Committee (Stratton K, Almario DA, Wizemann TM, McCormick MC, eds.)
The IOM's SUID report (2003): evidence favors rejection of a causal DTwP-SIDS relationship (carried from 1991/1994 reports); inadequate to accept or reject for DTaP-SIDS (though 'no…
- Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism (2004)
Document · 2004
Institute of Medicine, Immunization Safety Review Committee (Stratton K, Gable A, Shetty P, McCormick M, eds.)
The IOM's eighth and final immunization-safety report: epidemiological evidence favors rejection of causal relationships between both MMR vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism. The committee found…
- Impact of the resumption of proactive recommendation of HPV vaccination on HPV vaccination rates in Japan (VENUS study) (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Sazawa M, et al. (BMJ Public Health 2025;3:e000982)
States why the suspension ended: the MHLW Advisory Committee 'confirmed that there were no particular concerns regarding the safety of the vaccines' and that efficacy outweighed…
- Important Update to Gender-Affirming Pediatric Care Services (2025)
Document · 2025
UChicago Medicine
UChicago Medicine announced immediate discontinuation of all gender-affirming pediatric care. It cited federal actions placing its ability to care for Medicare and Medicaid patients at risk.
- Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2005
Peter J. Pecora et al.
The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study of young adults who were in foster care in Oregon and Washington from 1988 to 1998. Among alumni 25 and…
- In re Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 to Rhode Island Hospital, No. 1:26-mc-0007-MSM-AEM (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
The court quashed the Rhode Island Hospital subpoena, finding no congressionally authorized purpose, an improper purpose, and a conflict with children’s informational-privacy rights. It also enjoined…
- In re Subpoena No. 25-1431-014, No. 25-39 (2025)
Court Filing · 2025
Judge Mark A. Kearney, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
The court struck three CHOP-related requests for child-identifying, treatment, and disclosure records as beyond congressional authorization and alternatively found privacy interests outweighed DOJ’s need. It did…
- In re Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, No. 16-2247 (2017)
Court Filing · 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Roth, Circuit Judge
The Third Circuit affirmed exclusion of Dr. Nicholas Jewell’s testimony and summary judgment for Pfizer in MDL proceedings involving 315 product-liability claims. The underlying district orders…
- Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies (1998)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1998
Jason Lazarou, Bruce H. Pomeranz, and Paul N. Corey
The meta-analysis estimated 106,000 fatal hospital adverse drug reactions in 1994, with a 95% range of 76,000-137,000, from a fatal incidence of 0.32%. It excluded administration…
- Independent Review of County’s Safety-Net System for Children and Vulnerable Adults Finds Strengths
Government Record · 2022
Riverside County
Riverside County's release on the independent Larson review of how its safety net handled the Turpin siblings. The county said all $400,000 in the siblings' trusts…
- Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People: Final Report (Cass Review) (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Dr Hilary Cass (chair), commissioned by NHS England
388-page final report of the English independent review. Concludes the evidence base for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors is weak; recommends blockers only within…
- Independent Review of the Turpin Siblings Case (Larson LLP Report)
Document · 2022
Larson LLP
The Larson LLP review found that the social services system often failed the Turpin siblings after their rescue, including unstable housing, food insecurity and placement of…
- Indictment, United States v. Lori Drew, No. 08-cr-00582
Court Filing · 2008
United States Attorney, Central District of California
The indictment alleges a fictitious MySpace identity and the quoted message, followed by account deletion after Drew learned M.T.M. had killed herself.
- Indigenous bacteria from the gut microbiota regulate host serotonin biosynthesis (2015)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015
Yano JM, Yu K, Donaldson GP, et al.
Using germ-free and colonized mice, cell culture, and mouse/human microbiota experiments, the study found that indigenous spore-forming bacteria regulate host peripheral serotonin biosynthesis. It did not…
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §1412(a)(25): Prohibition on Mandatory Medication (2004)
Government Record · 2004
United States Congress; U.S. Department of Education IDEA site
IDEA prohibits covered school personnel from requiring a controlled-substance prescription as a condition of attendance, evaluation, or services. It expressly permits consultation and sharing classroom observations…
- Industry Payments to Physicians for Stimulant Medications, 2014-2018 (2020)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Hadland SE, Cerdá M, Li Y, Krieger MS, Marshall BDL
Open Payments analysis for ADHD stimulants: industry made 591,907 payments worth $20.1 million over 2014-2018, almost entirely meals, with pediatricians receiving 40.4% of payments — evidence…