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Physicians Committee Has Given Grants to Farmers Who Are Growing Health-Promoting Fruits and Veggies While Phasing Out Animal Agriculture

WASHINGTON— the Physicians Committee, a nonprofit public health advocacy organization with 17,000 doctor members, is ...
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Butter Associated with Increased Risk of Death From All Causes

Research from more than 220,000 people followed for up to 33 years found that consuming approximately one tablespoon of ...
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Doctors Group Applauds Commitment by RFK Jr. to Replacing Animal Experiments, Proposes Five Priorities for 2026

A national doctors group is applauding Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...
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Making Animal Experiments the Exception: The Physicians Committee’s Road to FDA Reform

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...
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First Death Documented From Tick-Induced Meat Allergy

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is an immune condition brought about by certain tick bites, which causes a life-threatening ...
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Gut–Brain Axis on Chip Reveals How Nutrition Influences Brain Health

Scientists at the Dutch food research organization NIZO and the University of Twente have developed a human-relevant, ...
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Congress Advances Provisions Expanding Nondairy Milk Access in Schools

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Friends of the Earth U.S., and other members of the Plant Powered School Meals Coalition applaud the U.S. House of Representatives for unanimously ...
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Physicians Committee’s Educational Program on Animal-Free Science Awarded Prize from National Institutes of Health

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the winners of the NCATS Translational Science Education ...
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A Dietitian’s Guide to a Plant-Based Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of those times of year when food takes center stage. It’s familiar, a little chaotic, and built around the dishes people wait for all year. That doesn’t have to change when the ...
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New Survey Reveals That in Response to High Beef Prices, 60% of Shoppers Are Buying Less Beef or Rejecting Beef Altogether

WASHINGTON—A new survey by Morning Consult and the nonprofit Physicians Committee finds that in response to current high beef prices, 60% of shoppers are buying less beef or skipping buying beef ...
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Shining a Light on Animal Use in Laboratories: Physicians Committee Hosts Congressional Briefing on the Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (H.R. 3295)

How many animals are used in taxpayer-funded experiments every year? The truth is, no one knows. Estimates range from 10 million to 110 million, but the federal government doesn’t collect accurate ...
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Physicians Committee Calls on MAHA to Drop Whole Milk from Recommendations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has asked the Make America Healthy Again Commission to modify its Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, released today, so as ...