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Biden Administration Opposes Surgery for Transgender Minors

The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors.

Β© Howard Lipin/U-T San Diego/ZUMA Wire, via Alamy Live News

So-called top surgery performed on a 14-year-old in California in 2015. The most common surgical procedures by far for transgender minors are breast reductions or mastectomies.

Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Patient

The organ, from a genetically modified animal, failed because of a lack of blood flow, surgeons said, but did not appear to have been rejected by the body.

Β© Shelby Lum/Associated Press

Lisa Pisano looked at photos of her dog after receiving a pig kidney transplant at the NYU Langone Health in New York in April.
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