CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 6 [TNSbiologyresearch-Science journal] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Animals that evolved in environments subject to large-scale habitat-altering events like fires and storms are better equipped to handle forest fragmentation caused by human development than species in low-disturbance environments, new research shows. Oregon State University scientists led an international collaboration whose work provides an important road map as conservation ma  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 5 [TNSbiologyresearch-Journal of Applied Ecology] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can help Douglas-fir seedlings thrive under certain vegetation management conditions, a five-year study by Oregon State University shows. The research, published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology, is important because global demand for forest products continues to rise and because wildlife conservation is of  more

SALEM, Oregon, Dec. 3 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. for deceptively marketing transvaginal surgical mesh devices to women in Oregon by failing to disclose the dangerous complications sometimes arising from the devices. According to the complaint, at least 3,700 Oregon women had these devic  more

SALEM, Oregon, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown and the Child Welfare Oversight Board met for the last time yesterday and reviewed the accomplishments of the Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare program in making progress under Executive Order 19-03 . The work of the Child Welfare Oversight Board will continue as part of Governor Brown's Children's Cabinet. "While there is much work yet to be done, I am proud of what the  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 5 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Opioid use disorder medications proven to cut the death rate from opioid addiction by more than 50% * * * In response to the national opioid epidemic, Oregon Health & Science University has opened a new clinic that provides same-day, walk-in access to buprenorphine, a proven medication to treat opioid use disorder. The new clinic began operating Oct. 28 and is open weekdays from 4 to   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 2 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - OHSU study enrolling participants now in the Portland area * * * At age 77, Jo Ann Walter is active in her community and reports no problems keeping on top of her personal finances. Nonetheless, the Portland resident has agreed to have her financial transactions monitored through software developed by EverSafe, a company that guards against financial exploitation of seniors. In this c  more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, Dec. 2 [TNSgrants-NSF] -- Western Washington University issued the following news release: Western Washington University Professor of Environmental Science Wayne Landis, director of the university's Institute for Environmental Toxicology, has secured a $320,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to help scientists better understand the threat posed by plastics to aquatic life in the Pacific Northwest. Landis will work with a team of scientists from Oregon State   more