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The Transmitter reports that the seven federally funded U.S. national primate research centers, which collectively house roughly 28,000 monkeys, face flatlined federal funding for nearly two decades and mounting political pressure to end animal experimentation, even as China ramps up its own primate research investment.

Rise for Animals analyzes the NIH’s September 21, 2026 announcement of five initiatives to advance human-relevant science, cautioning that NIH still identifies animal models as an important tool, that NAM technologies can themselves drive animal exploitation, and that without mandatory animal-use reporting the effect on animal use cannot be measured.

NIH establishes ORIVA to accelerate human-based research and reduce animal use.