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- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, School Performance, and Effect of Medication (2019)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2019
Andreas Jangmo et al.
Three months of ADHD medication was associated with lower odds of upper-secondary-school ineligibility, OR 0.80, and a 9.35-point higher grade-point sum. This real register study differs…
- Autism and Vaccines (CDC vaccine-safety page, rewritten) (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC's rewritten autism page (first changed Nov 19-20, 2025): the headline 'Vaccines do not cause Autism*' is retained with an asterisk — a footnote says it…
- B.K. v. Cox, No. 15-35964
Court Filing · 2016
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit held that social workers get absolute immunity only when acting like prosecutors in dependency court. Investigations and other actions get, at most, qualified…
- Ban on puberty blockers to be made indefinite on experts’ advice (2024)
Government Record · 2024
UK Department of Health and Social Care
Announces the indefinite UK-wide ban on sale/supply of puberty blockers for under-18s (private and EEA/Swiss prescribers), in force 1 January 2025 with first review in 2027,…
- Bell and another v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363
Court Filing · 2021
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (Lord Burnett LCJ, Vos MR, King LJ)
Court of Appeal reversed the Divisional Court: Gillick competence assessments are for clinicians, not courts; judicial-review claim dismissed. It was 'for doctors and not judges to…
- Better Protecting Kids’ Privacy on YouTube
Document · 2020
YouTube
YouTube began rolling out the made-for-kids data changes worldwide on January 6, 2020.
- Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis
Transcript · 2024
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senator Hawley cited self-reports of 37% unwanted nudity exposure, 24% unwanted sexual advances, and 17% self-harm content among girls aged 13–15. Zuckerberg disputed Hawley’s broader characterization…
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123, Title VII (Family First Prevention Services Act)
Government Record · 2018
U.S. Congress
The Family First Prevention Services Act, which for the first time let states use Title IV-E money for mental health, substance abuse and parenting services meant…
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 2025 Commercial PPO Quality Improvement Program Description (PGIP/VBR)
Document · 2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
BCBSM's Physician Group Incentive Program pays value-based reimbursement above standard fee schedules, with incentive payments only for measures meeting NCQA Quality Compass 75th/90th percentile benchmarks; Childhood…
- Brief of the State of Alabama and 22 Other States as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, U.S. v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477 (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
State of Alabama et al. (Steve Marshall, AG)
Court filing compiling evidence from Boe v. Marshall (2:22-cv-184, M.D. Ala.) discovery: WPATH commissioned systematic reviews from a Johns Hopkins team, blocked publication of most, removed…
- Bringing Dark Patterns to Light
Government Record · 2022
Federal Trade Commission staff
The staff report discusses design practices that induce false beliefs, hide or delay material information, impose unauthorized charges, or obscure privacy choices.
- Brockman v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, C101451 (2025)
Court Filing · 2025
California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District
The appellate court affirmed denial of Kaiser’s petition to compel arbitration because Kaiser did not prove a valid, binding arbitration agreement. The opinion summarizes Cole’s allegations…
- Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, 562 U.S. 223 (2011)
Court Filing · 2011
U.S. Supreme Court (Scalia, J., majority; Sotomayor, J., dissenting, joined by Ginsburg; Kagan recused)
The Supreme Court decision behind 'Can't hardly sue the company': after exhausting the Vaccine Court, plaintiffs may not bring state design-defect suits. The Sotomayor dissent warned…
- Buckingham Palace: Statement on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, October 31, 2025: the King began formally removing Prince Andrew's titles and honours; he is now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The statement says he continues…
- Calabretta v. Floyd, 189 F.3d 808
Court Filing · 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit held that a warrant is generally required to search a home, and that a child welfare visit is not automatically an emergency that…
- California County and Foster Care Agency Reach $13.5M Settlement With Six Abused Siblings
News Report · 2026
Associated Press
Six of the Turpin siblings settled with Riverside County and the foster agency ChildNet for $13.5 million after being abused again in foster care. The defendants…
- California Governor Signs Senator Padilla Bill Updating Financial Protections for Youth Content Creators
Government Record · 2024
Office of California Senator Steve Padilla
California Senate release on the signing of SB 764 on September 26, 2024. The law's real name is the Child Content Creator Rights Act.
- California SB 1162 (1999): Coogan Law 15 percent trust requirement
Government Record · 1999
State of California
California's 1999 update to the Coogan Law: a court must order 15 percent of a child performer's gross earnings set aside in a trust the child…
- California SB 764 (2024): Child Content Creator Rights Act
Government Record · 2024
State of California
California's Child Content Creator Rights Act (SB 764): vloggers who feature their children must put 65 percent of the child's share of earnings into a trust.…
- Camara v. Municipal Court, 387 U.S. 523
Court Filing · 1967
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that government inspectors generally need a warrant to search a home without consent, even for administrative inspections.
- Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692
Court Filing · 2011
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court threw out, as moot, the Ninth Circuit's ruling that interviewing a child at school about abuse required a warrant. The underlying question was…
- Can the Prevalence of ADHD Really be 0.3%? (2021)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2021
Ramus F, Peyre H
PubMed identifies a published comment challenging the very low French estimate, but expressly provides no abstract.
- Cardiometabolic Risk of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications During First-Time Use in Children and Adolescents (2009)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2009
Christoph U. Correll et al.
In the nonrandomized SATIETY cohort, median 10.8-week weight gains were 8.5 kg for olanzapine, 6.1 kg for quetiapine, 5.3 kg for risperidone, 4.4 kg for aripiprazole,…
- Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296
Court Filing · 2018
Supreme Court of the United States
The Court held acquisition of seven days or more of historical cell-site location information was a Fourth Amendment search generally requiring a warrant. It expressly did…