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Posted: 2022-11-16T22:59:13Z | Updated: 2022-11-16T22:59:13Z

Amid ongoing attacks from Fox News and a vicious harassment campaign over its health center for transgender youth, Boston Childrens Hospital weathered yet another bomb threat Wednesday.

This morning, the hospital was again the target of a bomb threat, the Harvard-affiliated hospital said in a statement, adding that its committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.

The bomb threat, which police determined to be a hoax after evacuating staff and patients, is the third in recent months. While more details about Wednesdays threat are still to come, the past two singled out the hospitals Gender Multispecialty Service program, which is the nations first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program.

The ongoing threats have attracted attention from federal authorities, who say the fear such threats impart on transgender youths and their families as they seek gender-affirming care is unacceptable.

Children deserve an opportunity to thrive and grow as their own authentic selves, Rachael Rollins, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said in August following when the threats started. Parents/guardians and health care providers who support them in that journey should be allowed to do so free of threats and harassment.