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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Research led by Oregon Health & Science University finds that half of the treatment facilities surveyed nationally required an up-front payment averaging more than $28,000, and only a few facilities provide free service to people on Medicaid. -
So far, more than 4,000 infants in Oregon have received Nirsevimab and will have some protection against severe RSV this winter, but many more are eligible and demand has outstripped supply.
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Hathi is New Jersey’s deputy health commissioner for public health services and the designated state health officer. The Oregon Health Authority has been without a permanent director for nearly a year.
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Hospitals were overwhelmed last winter by a surge in pediatric cases of RSV. Now a new monoclonal antibody shot could help, but price and supply issues are causing delays in getting it to infants.
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Pediatricians in Oregon expect to start receiving the first shipments of a new drug this week that reduces the risk of lung infections for infants. But children’s health experts are concerned that some babies are going to face obstacles to getting the new shot.
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The program is scheduled to launch in just 9 months. If approved, it will allow tens of thousands of people slated to lose Medicaid coverage to keep their free health care. But it is expected to drive premiums up for some others.
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The recent on-the-job deaths of a Portland hospital security guard and a Gresham mental health aide have put a fresh spotlight on the violence that many working in health care experience routinely.
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The new program would provide more poor adult Oregonians with stable, publicly funded healthcare, but it comes at the cost of some middle-class families paying more for private health insurance each month.
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The legislative referral would appear on ballots for Oregon voters to decide in November 2024.
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The federal ruling Thursday reaffirms an initial order last week, which preserved access to a widely used abortion drug in Oregon, Washington and 16 other states
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A federal court in Texas has ruled that the 23-year-old FDA approval of mifepristone should be overturned. But a federal court in Washington has ruled the FDA must continue to make the drug available in some states, including Oregon and Washington, but not California..
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Oregon has until June 2024 to process eligibility redeterminations for all 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Children’s Health Insurance members. It’s the largest benefits renewal process the state has ever attempted. And it’s fraught with challenges.
