If drug developers are allowed to skip this step, it will mean that, in the near future, the first living body a new drug is ever tested in will be a human.

For many animals held captive for research, pain is "not minimized," U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows.

The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) is continuing to fund controversial research on dogs and cats, despite promising to move away from using animal testing. On April 29, NIH director Jay ...