Amelia Templeton
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Portland, OR, United States
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Here’s how to prepare as extreme weather approaches the Willamette Valley
People without a home or without reliable home heat should get themselves to a warming shelter or another warm place Wednesday night. → Read More
RSV and flu are back. Here’s what Oregonians should know
Experts are concerned that both respiratory viruses could be poised to make a major comeback this winter, but that’s not a foregone conclusion. The flu is difficult to predict, especially this year. → Read More
Firearm injuries in Oregon are now twice as common, according to emergency room data
New research from OSHU shows a 90% increase in firearm injuries since 2019 → Read More
Oregon pioneers continuous Medicaid coverage for kids through their 6th birthday
Oregon will roll out a number of first in the nation changes to its Medicaid program over the next five years. Top among them: continuous coverage for kids through their 6th birthday and spending on food and housing for certain in-transition populations. → Read More
What Oregonians should know about COVID-19 bivalent boosters
Newly reformulated COVID-19 booster shots have arrived in Oregon this week. The bivalent vaccines target new strains of omicron along with the parent strain of the virus. Here's what to know and where to find them. → Read More
Oregon delays monkeypox boosters to reach more people with first doses
In Multnomah County, where Oregon’s outbreak is currently concentrated, more than 1,500 people who qualify for the vaccine are on a waitlist due to the shortage of doses, and that list is growing by about 100 people a day. → Read More
What the end of Roe v. Wade means for Oregon and Washington
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade yesterday puts the power to allow or ban abortions in the hands of state governments. In Oregon and Washington abortion remains a fully legal health procedure, protected by state law. But that’s not the case in several other states, here abortion clinics are already closing. OPB’s health reporter Amelia Templeton joined “All Things Considered”… → Read More
Oregon abortion advocacy groups — both pro and con — on the end of Roe v. Wade
"Pro-lifers, take this opportunity & step up in your community," Oregon Right to Life said in a tweet that called for more support for unsupported pregnant people. The ACLU of Oregon, Planned Parenthood and top public health officials, meanwhile, emphasized that abortion remains free and legal in the state. → Read More
Oregon wastewater data shows far more people have COVID than is apparent through testing
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 poop doesn’t lie. → Read More
Oregon embarks on ‘bridge’ health insurance plan for people facing Medicaid expansion sunset
A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage. → Read More
Oregon Medicaid proposal includes kids-under-6 rule change, services for some inmates
In a new federal waiver request, Oregon joins a handful of states asking to spend Medicaid dollars on some people in jail and prison, in spite of a longstanding ban. And in a national first, Oregon has proposed keeping kids continuously enrolled through their sixth birthday. → Read More
How poop, snot, and cutting edge genomics are helping Oregon prepare for omicron
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. → Read More
Q&A: What to know about the COVID vaccine for children
We hear from kids with their thoughts about the pediatric COVID vaccine, as well as a Q&A with Portland pediatrician Shaili Rajput and OPB health reporter Amelia Templeton. → Read More
Inside OHSU’s fight to save the region’s sickest COVID-19 patients
In room after room at Oregon Health & Science University Hospitals COVID-19 intensive care unit, patients are sedated and on life support, many of them much younger than the people sickened by the coronavirus’ earlier waves. As they tend to patients, the nurses, doctors and support staff on duty report feeling the strain. → Read More
Perspective on the heat: The Northwest was hotter than the Mojave Desert
How hot was it in Oregon? We look at historic observations, current temperatures in other places, and averages to give context to the historic heat wave of 2021. → Read More
COVID-19 restrictions easing in Oregon’s largest county — just in time for the Blazers
Multnomah County will be moving to lower risk status on May 27, according to the governor. That’s just in time to allow more fans at the Portland Trail Blazers’ first home game of the NBA playoffs. → Read More
ZIP code data show vaccine disparities in Oregon based on income
People in wealthier ZIP codes are far more likely to have gotten vaccines than Oregonians in poorer areas. → Read More
Vaccine gap plagues Oregon’s effort to protect Latino communities
Latinos in Oregon are more likely to be essential workers. They’re more likely to have gotten COVID-19 in the last year. And Latinos in Oregon are more likely to be essential workers. They’re more likely to have gotten COVID-19 in the last year. And when you adjust for their age, they’re more likely to have been hospitalized because of the virus. But they have the lowest vaccination rate of any… → Read More
3 insights from audit of Oregon’s response to COVID-19 in long-term care facilities
The pandemic has devastated long term care facilities in Oregon. The audit provides the most detailed description yet of how and why. → Read More
Oregon will use Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to reach hard-to-serve patients
For the first time, some Oregonians will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at their local Walmart or Bi-Mart. It’s one example of how the arrival of a third vaccine that’s effective after just one dose and can be stored in a regular refrigerator could reshape the effort to vaccinate all Oregonians. → Read More