Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...

The Trump administration is receiving an outpouring of support from animal advocacy groups, lawmakers and others for recent announcements to end animal testing within programs at the FDA and EPA.

Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part of medical training and chemical, food, drug and cosmetic testing, according to the non-profit animal rights organization People ...

A major operation to rescue dogs from an overseas animal testing center came to an end with dozens of rescued beagles experiencing freedom for the first time. The Beagle Freedom Project helps to ...

Criticism of animal research − usually associated with the progressive left − has grown in recent years, as the practice is blamed for the slow pace of drug development. The Food and Drug ...

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...

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FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods and artificial intelligence to determine drug safety and effectiveness.

Surviving five years of horrific treatment at an animal testing lab, a Beagle called Ted struggles to leave his past behind. Even though Ted is now safe and sound with a loving pet parent, Sam McGraw, ...

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 ...

Animal testing in Connecticut rakes in millions in federal dollars each year at colleges and universities but, the National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just ...

Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development. Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out ...