Dozens of US hospitals halt gender-affirming care for young people — STAT News

Dozens of hospitals in the United States have stopped providing gender-affirming medical care to young people. STAT News reports that this is happening amid what the publication describes as the Trump administration’s persistent campaign against medical care for transgender people.

Legal situation

In the headline of its article, STAT News links this topic to the legal situation surrounding gender-affirming care for young people in the United States. The available text of the publication does not provide details of specific court cases.

Alternatives to animal testing

In the same article, STAT News also writes about new initiatives by the US Department of Health and Human Services aimed at accelerating the transition away from the use of animals in medical testing.

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Beginning next February, alternative methods may be used to determine the safety of drugs and biological products where appropriate, under a final FDA rule issued the day before.

The US National Institutes of Health also introduced initiatives to encourage methods that do not use animals, including cell-based assays, organ-on-a-chip technologies, and computer models.