Tennessee Hospital Pauses Trans Surgeries Over Concerns From Doctors, ACLU Threatens Lawsuit

A hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, has paused some of its gender-changing services for patients who say they are transgender after some doctors expressed concerns. A spokesperson for the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hospital explained the situation in a statement to Becker’s Hospital Review. “In recent weeks, some care providers voiced questions about patients receiving gender affirming procedures at a facility affiliated with our health system,” the statement said. “This resulted in a temporary pause to review current practices.” “Our commitment remains to deliver high-quality and compassionate care to any patient regardless of their race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity

South Carolina Gov Bans State Employees From Using TikTok Over National Security Concerns

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The flag of the People's Republic of China flies in the wind above the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, California on July 23, 2020. - The US Justice Department announced July 23, 2020 the indictments of four Chinese researchers it said lied about their ties to the People's Liberation Army, with one escaping arrest by taking refuge in the country's San Francisco consulate. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images)

On Monday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (R) took action to make his state the second in the country to ban state employees’ electronic devices from using TikTok as federal officials warn about the Chinese-based social media app’s threat to national security. In a letter to South Carolina Department of Administration Director Marcia Adams, Governor McMaster requested “that the social media platform TikTok be permanently removed, and access blocked from all state government electronic devices that are managed by the Department of Administration.” “Protecting our State’s critical cyber infrastructure from foreign and domestic threats is key to ensuring the health,

University Of Houston In Texas Develops Groundbreaking Fentanyl Vaccine

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The University of Houston in Texas has developed a groundbreaking fentanyl vaccine with the potential to save millions of people from dying to from fentanyl poisonings and addiction. As explained in a report from the University of Houston, they have “developed a vaccine targeting the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl that could block its ability to enter the brain, thus eliminating the drug’s ‘high.’ The breakthrough discovery could have major implications for the nation’s opioid epidemic by becoming a relapse prevention agent for people trying to quit using opioids. While research reveals Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is treatable, an estimated 80%

Biden Energy Coordinator Warns That US Economy Will Be Eliminating Oil Use In Next ‘Several Years’

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Joe Biden

During an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen, Amos Hochstein, President Biden’s special presidential coordinator for international energy policy, revealed that the Biden administration planned on eliminating oil use within the next “several years.” Hochstein’s comments came as he was questioned on why anyone would invest in oil companies if it is a shrinking industry. His defense was that oil use would be eliminated in “several years” rather than “two or three years.” “Eventually we are going to be phasing out the use of oil,” Hochstein said. “What is eventually? What’s eventually?” Kernen asked. “You’re not going to want to invest

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