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Charlie Apple outside his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. As a transgender teen, Charlie accepts that his future could include discrimination, verbal abuse, and even violence. Charlie came out as transgender when he was 13 and has testified repeatedly against anti-trans legislation./Annie Rice for KHN
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
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State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office.
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KIA SLADE WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE CASE OF COVID PNEUMONIA LAST SPRING./ROSEM MORTON/KHN
