The NIH animal testing debate rages on

Ridglan Farms, which breeds beagles for biomedical research, has been targeted by animal rights groups that accuse the facility of mistreating the animals it houses. The facility has been the site of ...
wjla

Why is NIH still funding animal testing when it announced last year it was phasing it out

WASHINGTON (7News) — Years of pressure from taxpayers, lawmakers, and animal advocacy groups have led to multiple federal agencies banning animal research involving dogs and cats. The list of agencies ...
Reason

The NIH Deleted Comments Criticizing Animal Testing. A Federal Court Says That Violates the First Amendment.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the First Amendment rights of animal rights activists whose social media comments were deleted by the agency, a federal appeals court ruled last week.
CNBC

NIH to test Pfizer’s Paxlovid, other treatments as potential long Covid therapies

The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it launched mid-stage clinical trials to test at least four treatments, including Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill Paxlovid, as potential therapies for long ...
The Daily Beast

NIH Caught Testing on Dogs Despite Promising It Wouldn’t

A watchdog looking at the National Institute of Health obtained documents that showed the agency was going back on its word and funding cocaine studies on beagles. Breaking News Intern The U.S.
JD Supra

FDA and NIH Announce Initiatives to Reduce Animal Testing and Encourage Alternative Methodologies

FDA and NIH recently announced initiatives outlining specific actions each agency will take to encourage greater adoption of new and emerging technologies to reduce the need for — and potentially ...
Washington Examiner

NIH stops requests for new studies solely relying on animal testing

The National Institutes of Health announced on Monday that the biomedical agency will no longer put out new funding opportunities solely relying upon animal testing and will require that applicants ...