MedPage Today March 24, 2024
— Highest ranking transgender official says laws get between patients and evidence-based healthcare
In part three of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about her experience as the highest ranking U.S. transgender official and why youth transgender medicine is so important.
Watch part one and part two here.
The following is a transcript of their remarks:
Faust: In terms of teen mental health, I do want to just acknowledge you are the highest ranking official who is transgender. Transgender care is under attack for adults, but it’s also really become a hot-button issue for younger people.
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