Amelia Templeton
Oregon Public BroadcastingAmelia 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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On the day the near-total ban on abortions goes into effect in Idaho, Planned Parent leaders in Oregon say visits from out-of-state patients needing abortions are already up.
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Republicans outnumber Democrats three to one, and if you ask most people in town what they think of abortion, their first answer is that they’re pro-life. And yet, the new clinic in their town will likely be the only place offering abortions for about 200 miles in any direction.
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Monkeypox is spreading in Oregon, with 32 confirmed and suspected cases up from just six last month.
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Omicron's newest incarnation is more effective at re-infecting people and causing breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, but it's probably not more virulent than the strains that circulated this winter.
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On Friday, the Democratic governors of Oregon, California and Washington announced a coordinated effort to strengthen legal protections for abortion providers and patients who travel to the West Coast from states where the practice is banned.
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A rise in home testing and a decrease in disease severity has masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s sewers don’t lie.
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What does the current wave say about the long-term trajectory of the pandemic?
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No longer convinced their employer is committed to service, roughly a third of nurses employed by Providence stand ready to strike if their pay and policy demands aren’t met.
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The nonprofit is leasing a medical office in Ontario, Ore., as the legal right to an abortion is contested in nearby Idaho.
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Oregon has joined the list of states suing a pair of Illinois businesses that allegedly provided inaccurate covid-19 tests while funneling money to the owners.
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Experts say it is unlikely to fuel a large spike in new cases like the original omicron wave.
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A discernable flu season has been absent in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Recent data suggests that could soon change.