{
  "id": 6324636,
  "title": "Gender Gap in Youth Suicide Has Almost Disappeared",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/gender-gap-in-youth-suicide-has-almost-disappeared",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-08T19:40:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/122926"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- A gender gap long seen in the suicide rates of 10- to 14-year-olds in the U.S. has tightened, new research indicated. In 2017, the suicide rate of boys was twice that of girls (3.28 vs 1.66 per 100,000 population), but by 2024...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}