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The Supreme Court will wade into the controversial topic of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 18, taking up a case that could be a flashpoint in the fight for LGBTQ rights.

The court agreed Monday to hear the Biden administration's challenge to a Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical treatment for minors, an increasingly potent political issue that has divided lower courts and emerged as a leading front in the battle over LGBTQ issues.

The case will be argued in the next term, which begins in October.

It's the first time the justices will weigh in on the matter, which is being fought by transgender teens and their families.

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Now here we are in the summer of 2024. There’s a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 circulating and CDC is predicting a summer surge.

This new variant is not considered as likely as past variants to bring on severe disease. But there are people who face a greater risk of serious COVID because of age or infirmities. And no one wants to get sick right before or during a trip.

So the frequently asked question is: Does distancing yourself from others who could be contagious with COVID-19 help in any way? Or has the idea of distance been debunked?

To answer those questions, let’s start by digging into distance.

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It’s a typical Tuesday at Seven Hills Family Medicine in Richmond, Va. The team — which consists of Dr. Stephanie Arnold, registered nurse Caci Young and several medical assistants — huddles to prepare for the day.

Arnold, a primary care physician, runs through the schedule. The 9 a.m. telemed appointment is for chronic condition management. At 10 a.m. there’s a diabetes follow-up. The 11 a.m. appointment is to go over lab results for potential sleep apnea, then there are appointments for knee pain and one for ADHD results review. The schedulers fit in a walk-in patient who has a suspected yeast infection.

And then, at 1 p.m., a patient who took the bus from Tennessee is scheduled for an abortion.

Though evidence may not sway some lawmakers’ decisions on abortion, the realities of reproductive health care are driving the decisions for medical school students in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.

For the second straight year, fewer students in MD-granting U.S. medical schools are applying for OB-GYN residencies in abortion-restricted states. Just as numerous states have sent a signal since the overturn of Roe v. Wade by enacting abortion bans and restrictions, future doctors are sending one in return: They do not want to work or live where these restrictions exist.

A recent national survey shows that nearly all medical students applying to OB-GYN residencies ranked programs in states with greater abortion access higher than programs in states with restrictions. Approximately three-fourths of this year’s survey respondents cited the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision as having influenced their residency application plans.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Saturday morning since announcing her cancer diagnosis about three months ago.

The former Kate Middleton, 42, returned to public view while attending the annual Trooping the Colour, a parade to mark the birthday of King Charles III.

On the way to the event, England's future queen, dressed in white, smiled and waved to spectators from her carriage. Her three children sat with her, while Prince William rode on horseback to the parade. Later in the day, Kate stood beside the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a Royal Air Force fly over.

Kate's appearance was not a complete surprise. On Friday evening, she released a statement, announcing her plans to attend the celebration, adding that she had a few more months left in her chemotherapy treatment and she was making "good progress."

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