Boston Children’s Hospital says it faces threats after right-wing tweets

New England’s largest pediatric hospital said Wednesday that it was fending off a torrent of threats and harassment targeting staffers who treat transgender patients after conservative influencers attacked them in false and misleading social media posts.

Boston Children’s Hospital said it asked law enforcement for help protecting its employees and patients after facing “a large volume of hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails including threats of violence toward our clinicians and staff.” It said the threats began last week after Twitter accounts popular on the far right circulated what the hospital called misinformation about its transgender care.