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  2. May 8, 2025
U.S. Taxpayers Have No Idea How Many Animals Are Used in Government-Funded Labs. A New Federal Bill Would Change That.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced legislation that would require the National Institutes of Health to begin accurately counting the number of animals used and held in hundreds of government-funded laboratories.