Tag: boys
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Texas ruling adds to transgender students’ back-to-school anxiety
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – When Ashley Nurkin's 7-year-old daughter begins second grade in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week, it will be her first time going to school as a girl. The emotional roller-coaster for U.S. transgender students going back to school in the next few weeks hit a new curve when a federal judge in…
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Jailed Gambia opposition official dies in hospital: party
A detained official from Gambia’s main opposition movement died in hospital over the weekend, his United Democratic Party said, its second member to lose their life in custody since the start of a crackdown on protests. Solo Krummah was arrested with 14 others on May 9 during rallies calling for electoral reform, and died on…
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Women with dense breasts may need annual mammograms
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While most older women might not need breast cancer screening with mammography more often than every three years, some women with dense breasts may need mammograms every year, U.S. research suggests. Among women aged 50 to 74, those without a high risk for breast cancer or dense breast tissue…
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U.S. lawmakers press Mylan on EpiPen price increases
Two senior lawmakers on the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed for information regarding sharp price increases for EpiPens, drug-filled injectable devices used by people to counter potentially deadly allergic reactions. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote Mylan Chief Executive Heather Bresch on Monday to ask how Mylan determined the…