#Act4 LabAnimals New York University Suspends 'Non-Essential Research' and Allows 'Only Critical Research;' leading to the killing of hundreds of animals PETA calls for New York University to Shut Down Animal Labs 15 April 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals When researchers needed fast results for a possible COVID-19 vaccine, they skipped over testing the new drug on animals first. If the tests really were “extraneous”, why were labs experimenting on animals to begin with? Mass killing of lab animals during pandemic calls necessity of animal models into question 9 April 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Tens of millions of animals are used annually in the United States to test drugs, cosmetics, and other household items. Dozens of species are used in experiments, with the majority of them having been bred for the purpose. Let's end animal testing in 2020 16 March 2020 Opinion
#Act4 LabAnimals The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met on 21 February to discuss the critical issues of making toxicology testing more human relevant, as well as micro- and nanoplastics in our environment, among other topics. US National Toxicology Program: more focus on human-relevant non-animal approaches for safety testing 6 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals The legislation would end safety testing of cosmetic products on animals and prohibit the sale of products developed using animal testing. US is one step closer to ending animal testing for cosmetics 19 November 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a directive to prioritize efforts to reduce animal testing. US EPA commits to concrete measures, milestones and timelines to reduce animal testing 10 September 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals In his State of the Union address this year, President Trump pledged $500 million over the next 10 years to fund research into cures for childhood cancers. How reliance on animal disease models is halting progress in the biomedical sciences 14 February 2019