AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine, enrolling 50,000 people worldwide
In the race to find the vaccine, finally it is acknowledged that years of testing on various species is not
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COVID-19 Exposing Flawed Moral Framework Behind Animal Testing
We talk about the “new normal” to describe life after COVID-19, but perhaps biomedical research itself may also be ready
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When life becomes worthless
From Citizen’s for Alternatives to Animal Research and Experimentation (caare) at https://www.caareusa.org/when_life_becomes_worthless?utm_campaign=co2_gassing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=caare When life becomes worthless Posted by Jennifer Hunter · Contact Author ·
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease misses the boat when it comes to animal studies and COVID-19
Original article from Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research and Experimentation (caare), distributed via email. For their action alert related
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Douglas Todd: Hope that COVID-19 crisis reins in wild-animal trafficking
From The Vancouver Sun: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hope-that-covid-19-crisis-reins-in-wild-animal-trafficking/wcm/28ccb085-4a8b-426f-b989-f31ba53adaa4/ By Douglas Todd Richard Thomas has witnessed the way wild birds, lizards, civets, pangolins, bats
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Mass Killing of Lab Animals During Pandemic Calls into Question Necessity and Cost of Animal Models
April 2, 2020 From: https://sentientmedia.org/mass-killing-of-lab-animals-during-pandemic-calls-into-question-necessity-and-cost-of-animal-models/?fbclid=IwAR2JwMLpJ-2EvQSuieDDXyOoYwEBQbQueUXHr-7AgNa3yIJ6QFa9sIRCzS4 When researchers needed fast results for a possible COVID-19 vaccine, they skipped over testing the
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Shezhen becomes first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat – BUT CHINA APPROVES USE OF BEAR BILE TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS
From: BBC news at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52131940 Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Welcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19
From: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2020/03/COVID-19-Therapeutics-Accelerator COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will coordinate R&D efforts and remove barriers to drug development and scale-up to address the
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