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The CDC is ending testing on monkeys. Here’s what we know.

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...
Washington City Paper

The NIH is RFK’s Primate Testing Problem Child

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to completely end cruel and wasteful taxpayer-funded experiments on primates. It was the second such pledge he has made, first in August 2025, when, in direct ...
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US medical agency will scale back testing on monkeys

The United States will scale back certain drug-safety testing requirements on monkeys, federal regulators said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump's administration pushes ahead with its pledge to ...
Houston Press

Cover Story: Is Biomedical Testing on Primates Still Necessary?

On October 24, scientists from around the world will come to San Antonio to discuss how testing on monkeys might one day lead to an AIDS cure. They’ll be talking baboons, macaques, and vervets at the ...
Post and Courier

Animal research money flows to SC despite federal agency’s promises to cut back on testing

Editor’s Note: This article is the result of a partnership between The Post and Courier and CBS News. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the ...