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A state judge ruled that the agency must cooperate in a disability rights investigation into Shrub Oak International School. A ProPublica investigation found that would-be whistleblowers could not get state authorities to intervene at the school.
The agency’s vast subpoena surfaced last week in the federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Oregon Department of Human Services on behalf of Oregon foster children in 2019 by Disability Rights Oregon and A Better Childhood, a national advocacy organization. The lawsuit alleges the state has failed children in the foster care system in myriad ways, such as placement of children in hotels and other inadequate, abusive or unsafe settings. If successful, the lawsuit would force the state to make systemic policy changes in how it takes care of foster children.
The researchers found that the ability of the blood vessels to dilate was significantly reduced among participants in the anger group compared to those in the control group. This vessel impairment was sustained up to 40 minutes after the initial recall event that triggered the anger and decreased afterward. In contrast, the blood vessels of those in the anxiety and sadness groups were not affected.
Electroencephalography, or EEG, might one day be used to help predict whether someone will respond to an antidepressant.
You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission released its 21st National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program report last month. It found that ‘more than 16.5 tonnes of methylamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and MDMA combined was consumed between August 2022 and August 2023 representing a 17 per cent increase in consumption of these drugs from the previous year’.