Officials maintain the changes seek to simplify approvals for research institutions, pharmaceutical and biomedical industries ...

Experimenting on animals is a dark side of science and research. And most of us try not to think about the animals that experienced the horrors of testing when we buy medicine or cleaning supplies. I ...

For thousands of years, humans have studied animals’ bodies to better understand our own. But using other animals as a proxy for humans is far from perfect. There are ethical issues for one, and they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological ...

Animal testing has long been a subject of ethical debate, with opinions varying widely on its necessity and morality. In the United States, public opinion appears divided, depending on how the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part ...

PETA said that any changes to the regulations governing experiments on animals will lead to an increase in cruelty towards ...

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using ...

A plot of land that used to be an animal testing lab has become an animal sanctuary for more than 200 cats and dogs. It comes after its founder, Shannon Keith, spent years writing to testing labs ...

Rehabilitating animals used in biomedical research poses several challenges. Firstly, accurately assessing the mental well-being of chimpanzees can be difficult. The psychological damage they ...

Animal welfare advocates are urging opposition to proposed changes in animal testing rules that may compromise oversight and increase suffering among laboratory animals.

Virginia joins three other states that have passed laws with similar measures: California, Nevada, and Illinois Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...