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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.

In Homes With Children, Even Loaded Guns Are Often Left Unsecured

Firearms often are not stored safely in U.S. homes, a federal survey found. At the same time, gun-related suicides and injuries to children are on the rise.

Β© Arin Yoon for The New York Times

A handgun kept in a portable case with biometric fingerprint access. Gun storage practices vary, but in a new survey about half of gun owners with loaded firearms at home did not lock them away.
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