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New York Jury Awards $2 Million to Detransitioner in Malpractice Case Over Teen Mastectomy

Jurors concluded the psychologist and surgeon deviated from standard-of-care safeguards before approving an irreversible procedure for a 16-year-old.

Seven Federal Claims Filed Against Army in Fort Hood OB-GYN Case as Legal Actions Expand

Army OB-GYN Accused of Secretly Filming Patients as Lawyers Say 50 Women Come Forward

Berlin Doctor on Trial for Alleged Serial Murders of Palliative Patients

Stanford Medicine Pauses Under-19 Gender-Affirming Surgeries as Children’s Hospital L.A. Plans Program Closure