Over the past few years, more than 20 states have passed laws that ban transgender people younger than 18 from receiving gender-affirming medical care, including puberty blockers, hormone treatment ...

The authors of a new book on puberty had trouble coming up with a name. The guide to growing up, for pre-teens 9 to 13, is written for all kids – girls, boys, nonbinary youth. It's inclusive of the ...

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, "Can we just skip it?" He wasn't talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...

Grown-ups tend to recall their adolescence as a highlight reel (or maybe, in some cases, it's a lowlight reel): the first leg or face shave, the first kiss, the first bra, the first ejaculation or ...

The health secretary tells MPs he is "uncomfortable" about the use of the drugs but he was following expert advice.

At the age of 9, years before her friends—and worse, before her older sister—Emma started developing breasts. Within months, she got her period. She was so ashamed she didn’t tell her parents or any ...

The Queensland government says it made the decision after considering a 530-page independent review into the evidence ...

Most parents agree that talking to their kids about puberty is important-but when and how to start the conversation is often less clear, a new national poll suggests. Among the most common challenges ...

A higher maternal HIV load in pregnancy is linked toward earlier onset of puberty in HIV-exposed and uninfected boys but not girls.

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and CEO of X, said in a Daily Wire interview that he lost his child, Vivian Wilson, who is transgender, to the “woke mind virus,” claiming she died when she ...