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 ...
FierceBiotech

NIH creates new office to lead shift away from animal testing

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is following in the FDA’s footsteps—away from animal testing. The NIH plans to establish a new office meant to develop nonanimal methods for biomedical research ...

NIH’s $87 million nonanimal testing project

The National Institutes of Health is launching an $87 million project to develop a standardized alternative to animal testing ...
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.
Washington Examiner

NIH to phase out dog and cat testing days after Republican complaints

Hours after Republican lawmakers sent a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya asking him to end dog and cat testing, two top officials at the agency said they are “phasing ...
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NIH Caught Testing on Dogs Despite Promising It Wouldn’t

The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) is continuing to fund controversial research on dogs and cats, despite promising to move away from using animal testing. On April 29, NIH director Jay ...
STAT

She’s leading NIH’s push to reduce the use of animals in biomedical research

Nicole Kleinstreuer, who is leading an NIH effort to reduce the use of animals in research, began thinking about the issue as ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Congressmen question NIH over drug testing on puppies

Ten members of the U.S. House of Representatives — including Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. — sent a letter Friday to the National Institutes of Health demanding information about its funding of drug tests ...

NIH starts clinical trial testing antibody treatments in COVID-19 patients

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it has started a study to evaluate two antibody treatments in COVID-19 patients as part of the agency's program to identify promising drugs ...
Washingtonian

NIH Is Testing People for Covid-19 Antibodies—and Looking for Volunteers

The division of NIH headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci has just rolled out a serological study to try to determine how many adults in the US have antibodies to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. And it’s ...
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.