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- Vanderbilt was never doing genital surgeries on minors but agrees to pause other gender-affirming procedures (2022)
News Report · 2022
WPLN; letter by C. Wright Pinson reproduced in article
WPLN reproduces Pinson’s October 7 letter reporting an average of five minor surgical patients annually, all at least 16, none genital, and all with parental consent.…
- Vulnerable & Vanishing: The Struggle to Protect Arizona’s Foster Youth in DCS Care
News Report · 2026
FOX 10 Phoenix
FOX 10 Phoenix reported that 74% of children who went missing from Arizona DCS care between January 2024 and September 2025 disappeared from group homes.
- WA to pay $9 million to woman who said she was sexually abused in foster care
News Report · 2025
Seattle Times
Washington State agreed to pay $9 million to Ashley Miller, who said she was sexually abused in foster care from ages 5 to 12 while the…
- Walker-Smith v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 503 (Admin)
Court Filing · 2012
High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Mitting J)
The High Court quashed the GMC's findings and erasure against Professor John Walker-Smith — the senior clinical investigator and co-author of the 1998 paper, not Andrew…
- Wallace v. Powell, No. 3:09-cv-00286: Judgment (M.D. Pa. 2022)
Court Filing · 2022
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The federal judgment in the Kids for Cash civil case: $106,296,945.53 in compensatory damages and $100,000,000 in punitive damages against Ciavarella and Conahan.
- Wallace v. Powell, No. 3:09-cv-00286: Memorandum on Damages (M.D. Pa. 2022)
Court Filing · 2022
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The federal court's 2022 memorandum awarding $100 million in punitive damages against former judges Ciavarella and Conahan to Kids for Cash victims.
- Was Sesame Street in Iraq Really Funded by USAID?
News Report · 2025
Snopes
Snopes, February 2025: says the Iraq claim mixes up a USAID-funded Sesame education project with a separately funded Arabic Sesame TV show.
- Washington University Summary of Conclusions (2023)
Document · 2023
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University’s internal review found Reed’s allegations of substandard care causing adverse outcomes unsubstantiated, while recommending stronger consent and custody-documentation procedures. It reported 1,165 patients since…
- What Our Research Really Says About Teen Well-Being and Instagram
Document · 2021
Meta Platforms
Meta says 22% of girls already reporting body-image problems said Instagram made them better and 45.5% reported no impact. It says the research did not measure…
- When Can Kids Get the COVID Vaccine or Booster? (2026)
Document · 2026
American Academy of Pediatrics (healthychildren.org)
The AAP's current parent-facing guidance recommends COVID-19 vaccination for all children 6 through 23 months and for older children per risk and choice, directly diverging from…
- WPATH & USPATH Joint Response to HHS Report on Gender Dysphoria (2025)
Document · 2025
WPATH and USPATH
WPATH/USPATH's formal rebuttal to the 1 May 2025 HHS report, rejecting the report's conclusions and defending the prevailing consensus on gender-affirming care.
- WPATH Public Statements (index page) (2019)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH's own statements index contains no formal public response to the WPATH Files leak – per the leaked-report preface, WPATH internally advised members not to reply…
- WPATH Removes Age Limits From Transgender Treatment Guidelines (2022)
News Report · 2022
Medscape Medical News
News report confirming that the published SOC8 contained no age minimums for adolescent treatment/surgery, unlike the draft – documenting the draft-to-final change contemporaneously.
- WPATH Statement on FTC and States’ Announcement of New Complaint (2026)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH states that its funding comes primarily from membership and noncommercial donations and grants. The same statement calls the June 2026 FTC complaint baseless and disputes…
- Written Testimony of Arturo Bejar
Transcript · 2023
Arturo Bejar
Bejar reported that 13% of Instagram users aged 13–15 self-reported unwanted sexual advances in the preceding seven days and said he communicated safety concerns directly to…
- WSJ op-ed: RFK Jr. on restoring public trust in vaccines (HHS-hosted text) (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Wall Street Journal, hosted by HHS)
Kennedy's op-ed defending the ACIP removal, asserting that most committee members had received substantial pharmaceutical funding and citing historical conflict findings.
- Wyman v. James, 400 U.S. 309
Court Filing · 1971
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court upheld welfare caseworker home visits as a condition of receiving benefits, holding that a visit that is not forced is not a Fourth…
- You Must Provide Patients with Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) — It’s Federal Law! (CDC Stacks record) (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC's own plain-language statement of the federal informed-information duty: a VIS must be given before each dose of covered vaccines, regardless of recipient age. This is…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021
Government Record · 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Persistent sadness/hopelessness rose from 28% in 2011 to 42% in 2021; seriously considering suicide rose from 16% to 22%, making a plan from 13% to 18%,…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2023
Government Record · 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC reported 16% electronic bullying in 2023 using a previous-12-month question. This is narrower than Pew’s six-behavior lifetime/personal-experience measure.
- YouTube Partner Program, Explained
Document · 2025
YouTube
YouTube's own Partner Program explainer: creators keep 55 percent of ad revenue on long videos and 45 percent on Shorts, so YouTube keeps 45 and 55…
- Zoloft (sertraline hydrochloride) Prescribing Information (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Pfizer; current FDA label via DailyMed
The current sertraline label retains the boxed warning for pediatric and young-adult patients, and its Medication Guide refers to people 24 years and younger. No FDA…