Virginia

SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS BATHROOM ACCESS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS

 

By Miriam Raftery

Photo courtesy Transgriot blog

August 4,2016 (Washington D.C.) — The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 5-3 to temporarily prevent a transgender student in Virginia from using the bathroom of his choice, until the high court decides whether to hear the case.


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CALIFORNIANS CONSUME THE LEAST ELECTRICITY NATIONWIDE

 

 

March 17, 2014 (Arlington, VA)-- Californians consume the least electricity per-person of any state in the country, according to new 2014 state energy rankings from EnergyTrends.org.


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AIRPORT TRAVELERS MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO WHOOPING COUGH

 

July 24, 2013

A four-month-old child who travelled out of San Diego Lindbergh Field may have exposed fellow travelers to pertussis, a highly contagious respiratory illness which is also known as whooping cough, according to San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) officials.

The child, who was up-to-date with vaccinations for his age, travelled with a parent from San Diego to Norfolk, Virginia on Friday, July 19. The child was seen by medical staff at Rady Children’s Hospital shortly before leaving. Tests later confirmed the child had pertussis.


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