Puberty

Taxpayer-funded transgender treatments remain widely unpopular among American voters, according to a new poll done by American Principles Project.

We fact-check various aspects of two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people.

What happens when a teenager's identity collides with a courtroom gavel? In the United States, gender-affirming care for minors has become the ultimate battleground where medical ethics, adolescent autonomy, and political ideology clash — with doctors stuck in the middle and lawmakers rewriting the rules of consent as they go.

Australia may be the home for the first true "what is a woman" case, according to one group supporting a censored Canadian man.

Yesterday's executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.

Plus, three more portraits of complicated women.

Biological sex is all over the news lately. Whether it's via President Trump's executive order affecting passport policy, moving trans inmates between prisons or shifting the requirements for women in sports — appeals to "the biological reality of sex" are constant. In truth, biological sex, like a lot of scientific categories, is nuanced. It's defined by multiple criteria – including chromosomal, chemical and…

At First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, a therapist was fielding 10 calls a week from parents of teens who needed mental health help. Now the church is part of a national pilot intervention and study to address suicide risk among Black teens.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a memo reminding hospitals and medical providers of new policies restricting gender-transition treatments and surgeries for minors.

Brain scans, postmortem dissections, artificial intelligence and lab mice reveal differences in the brain that are linked to sex. Do we know what they mean?

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump distanced himself from the conservative governing plan Project 2025. But it's increasingly viewed as a blueprint for his administration's plans for federal health programs

The University of Virginia Hospital ended its services providing transgender care to new patients as young as 11.

U.S. tax dollars fund controversial transgender treatments for minors, despite Trump's efforts and legal battles.

In the wake of Donald Trump's executive order banning transition-related care for minors, Emily Witt reports that hospitals in blue states began cancelling appointments—forcing families in New York and beyond to consider whether even liberal cities are safe.

President Trump's executive action sought to restrict access to gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.

What does scientific research show about differences between transgender and cisgender athletes? NPR asks Bradley Anawalt, endocrinologist and professor of medicine at the University of Washington.

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

Complaint argues executive order discriminates against transgender people

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of cheek piercings.

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments. In