Washington County commissioners appear poised to provide some of the scrutiny they failed to show in their roles as board members of Clean Water Services, the editorial board writes. But their proposal for addressing the agency's spending falls short on several fronts.

Ismael Bueno Quinones, 25, was arrested Tuesday by the Washington County West Interagency Narcotics Task Force, accused of possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.

The ability to switch from one benefit to another is typically limited.

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Animal research remains critically important in the work of preventing, treating and eradicating debilitating diseases, write OHSU's chief research officer Peter Barr-Gillespie and primate research center director Skip Bohm. Animal studies are conducted only when other research methods cannot reliably replicate a complex system and must follow a strict set of governmental and internal practices,

Science has progressed greatly since the 1960s when OHSU first started its primate research center, writes Neal D. Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. It's time for OHSU to move on and close the facility like others, including Harvard, have done.

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Although journalists are not licensed the way doctors and lawyers are, we take seriously the ethical questions that come up in reporting on matters of significant concern.

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Patients are beginning to feel the effects of problems experts have been raising for years.

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