The push to abandon animal testing is gaining momentum, driven by the realization that it is costly, unreliable and ...

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the ...

U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to end the use of primates in federally funded research, a wish that could have dramatic consequences for S.C.’s famous “Monkey Island” and ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

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 ...