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  2. Apr 11, 2024
CU Anschutz’s Lethal Use of Animals for Surgery Training Draws Criticism From Physicians

DENVER—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit with more than 17,000 physician members, is in Denver this week to demand an end to what it says is an “unjustifiable” practice: the deadly use of live pigs for surgery training at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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  2. Nov 22, 2023
Physicians Committee Encourages the “Poultry Capital of the World” and other Poultry-Producing Areas to Start the Transition to Cell-Cultivated Chicken

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  2. Nov 20, 2023
More Than 1,100 Physicians, Health Care Professionals, and Scientists Boycott Medical Journal

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  2. Nov 17, 2023
California Student Succeeds in Landmark Lawsuit Challenging Big Dairy’s Stranglehold on School Meals, Speech

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  2. Nov 13, 2023
Vegan Diet Fosters Changes in Gut Microbiome That Reduce Hot Flashes by 95%, Finds New Study

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  2. Nov 9, 2023
18 Organizations, 246 Scientists and Scholars Send Letter to New Director of NIH, Urging Shift Away From Animal Use in Medical Research

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  2. Oct 31, 2023
New Report Reveals Hundreds of Federal Animal Welfare Violations by Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital

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  2. Oct 31, 2023
Midge Steuber Ambassador for a Better World Award to Recognize Changemakers in the Plant-Based Movement

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  2. Oct 30, 2023
‘Gov. Polis: Tax Climate-Warming Meat Industry Emissions,’ Urge Colorado Billboards Near U.S. Headquarters of Global Meat Company JBS

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  2. Oct 17, 2023
Physicians Urge Alameda City Council to Reject Proposed Lease for Company Run by Former Elon Musk Partner Who Oversaw Deadly Monkey Experiments

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