Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research

HUGE VICTORY! CDC to End All Its Monkey Experiments—a Historic Win for Animals, Public Health, and Science

HUGE WHITE COAT WASTE WIN: Trump Administration and RFK Jr. Deliver, CDC Completely Shuts Down Taxpayer-Funded Monkey Labs

In yet another major victory for fiscal sanity and animal welfare under President Trump, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially shut down its primate laboratories that were imprisoning and experimenting on hundreds of monkeys on the taxpayer dime.

CDC to End Monkey Research Program

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, and the fate of the animals is unclear

Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research

Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear

Doctors Group Applauds CDC’s Decision to End Monkey Experiments

Doctors Group Applauds CDC’s Decision to End Monkey Experiments Michael Keevican Fri, 11/21/2025 - 15:38 Featured Image Rhesus-macaques.jpg Summary The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is applauding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to phase out all research on monkeys. The medical ethics group is now urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to follow t…