Amelia Templeton
Reporter | OPBAmelia Templeton is a multimedia reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, covering Portland city hall, justice and local news. She was previously a reporter for EarthFix, an award-winning public media project covering the environment in the Northwest.
Amelia has been producing radio since 2004, when she contributed to a student radio podcast of stories from the war in Iraq. Amelia has also worked as a freelance journalist for NPR, American Public Media's Marketplace, and CBS News. From 2007 to 2009 she was a Refugee Policy Analyst with Human Rights First in Washington, D.C.
She has a degree in history from Swarthmore College.
Amelia enjoys hiking, exploring the Northwest, and raising chickens in her backyard.
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In two more hearings Monday, state officials heard criticism of a ‘permanent rule’ that they promise will be rescinded when pandemic conditions improve. -
The Oregon Health Authority reported 10,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the state’s highest single-day total to date.
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Oregon's hospitals are so short on beds, many have been forced to cancel elective surgeries. One underreported problem: about 10 percent of hospital beds are occupied by patients who are ready to leave but have nowhere to go.
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The state of Oregon has received 680 doses of a lifesaving new COVID-19 treatment. It's given most of them to nonprofit community health clinics.
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Hospitals can only invoke crisis standards of care and use the triage tool after they’ve exhausted their other options, like transferring patients elsewhere in the state and cancelling non-urgent procedures.
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COVID-19 positive hospitalizations are up, while the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has remained relatively flat so far. Doctors say their core message hasn't changed: Get vaccinated or boosted to keep yourself out of the ICU.
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A key COVID-19 forecaster is warning that an omicron surge could peak with twice the number of Oregonians hospitalized as during the recent delta surge. Public health officials say getting booster shots to more older adults and other high-risk individuals in the next three weeks is critical to averting disaster — and offered the first details of a stepped up effort to distribute the shots.
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Researchers at OHSU emphasize importance of booster shots to fight the new variant that is fueling a rise in cases in Europe that could happen here in the coming month.
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Delta remains the dominant variant statewide, but Oregon joins a growing list of states reporting cases of omicron. The latest research suggests booster shots may be particularly important.
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Researchers at Oregon State University are analyzing wastewater for omicron, while a team at Oregon Health and Science University are searching for the virus in nasal swabs.
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The lawsuit is believed to be the first in the nation to raise the question of whether such residency requirements are constitutional.
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The CDC is recommending a booster dose for everyone 18 and up who got the Johnson & Johnson shot at least two months ago. People can choose which shot they prefer as a booster. Oregon's governor chose Moderna for her second dose.
