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At Least 205 OHSU Mice Were Euthanized at Start of Pandemic, Costing Over $1 Million PETA sent letters to public officials calling for OHSU to reimburse the state of Oregon for the tax dollars spent on the research. Oregon Health and Science University. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated February 20 As the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring, Oregon Health & Science University researchers euthanized at least 205 lab mice they deemed no longer essential to their National Institutes of Health-funded research activities, documents show.