Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is coordinating with federal agencies to end federally funded animal testing and phase out research using nonhuman primates. Proponents of reform caution that ...

The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice.

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

The UK recently announced plans to phase out animal testing. Here in the US, from monkeys to pigs and dogs, the Trump administration has taken new action to cut back further on experiments done on ...

The UK science minister has proposed a new nationwide strategy to replace animal testing with emerging technology and alternative methods as soon as possible. Specific alternatives mentioned in the ...

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The recent creation of the NIH Office of Research Integrity, Validation, and Adoption of New Approach Methodologies (ORIVA) is more than just an administrative shift. It represents a historic ...

Animal-rights groups have long been at odds with the U.S. government, which subsidizes meat and dairy production and spends billions of dollars on animal research every year. But in some ways, they’ve ...

A mouse in a box for an experiment. Image in public domain. The UK is making a bold, historic move: it’s trying to wind down animal testing. The government just unveiled a sweeping roadmap aiming to ...