Animal studies are essential for advancing medicine and science. This includes the current global quest for treatments and a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are recent news stories that feature the role of animals in this important work.
August 6, 2020
Digital Journal: Current medications can block coronavirus replication in the lab
Science Daily: COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies
August 5, 2020
National Institutes of Health: NIH-Moderna investigational COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies
Lethbridge News: Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
August 4, 2020
Texas Standard: The Role Transgenic Mice Play In The Race For A Covid Vaccine
University of Washington: HIV vaccine design strategy holds promise for COVID-19
Science Blog: Decoy Receptor Neutralizes Coronavirus In Cell Cultures
News Medical: Regeneron antibody cocktail shows promise as potential COVID-19 treatment
Drug Target Review: Protease inhibitors with antiviral activity against coronaviruses developed
August 03, 2020
Wisconsin News: UW lab partners with North Carolina company on COVID-19 vaccine
August 02, 2020
LA Times: Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe
News Medical: The race to a coronavirus vaccine
July 31, 2020
Scientific American: Concerns about Waning COVID-19 Immunity Are Likely Overblown
GenEng News: Vaccine Effectiveness Could be Boosted in the Elderly
July 30, 2020
San Diego Tribune: Several COVID-19 vaccines limit viral growth in monkeys, reports show
Science Magazine: Coronavirus Challenges in Primates, Compared
WGN Radio: When can we realistically expect a coronavirus vaccine?
Knowable Magazine: Getting a Covid-19 vaccine — quickly and safely
Star Advertiser: University of Hawaii medical school coronavirus vaccine sparks rapid immunity in mice
Washington State University: Bracing for the next pandemic
New York Times: Johnson & Johnson’s Coronavirus Vaccine Protects Monkeys, Study Finds
July 29, 2020
Triangle Business Journal: Heat Biologics: Covid-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in animal testing
July 28, 2020
Seattle Times: Moderna Vaccine Test in Monkeys Shows Promise
Bloomberg: New Coronavirus Turns Out to Be Decades Old — in Bats
July 27, 2020
Digital Journal: Essential Science: Why coronavirus causes smell loss is revealed
GovTech: Kansas State University Lab Pivots to Fight COVID-19
New York Times: Masks May Reduce Viral Dose, Some Experts Say
July 24, 2020
News Medical: Experimental mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine elicits protective immune responses in animals
July 21, 2020
News Medical: Mouse model of fatal COVID-19 developed for vaccine and drug testing
Elemental: A Day in the Life of a Scientist in the Coronavirus Vaccine Race
July 20, 2020
News Medical: COVID-19 vaccine displays protective traits in nonhuman primates
July 15, 2020
WVUE-TV: Tulane researcher optimistic about a vaccine that is entering advanced stages of testing
Interesting Engineering: New Protective COVID-19 Antibodies Tested Effective
Bloomberg Businessweek: Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition
Maverick Citizen: Covid-19: Clinical trials steam ahead in the race to find a vaccine
July 14, 2020
Montreal Gazette: New molecule attacks COVID-19 on two fronts
The Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee scientists have partnered on cutting-edge discoveries in a race against COVID-19
Stanford: Pathogens suppress immune response with molecule, a possible drug target, Stanford researchers find
July 13, 2020
Harvard: New vaccine platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice
Medical News Today: COVID-19: Linking loss of smell, depression, and anxiety through human and animal studies
The Scientist: How Social Isolation Affects the Brain
Science News: Remdesivir study suggests antiviral can cut death risk in people, stop virus growth in cells and mice
July 10, 2020
Medical News Today: Hopeful COVID-19 research: Testing new vaccines, repurposing old ones
WZTV: Anti-viral drug potentially inhibits COVID-19 causing virus in human lung cells
July 08, 2020
PBS: How a coronavirus vaccine will get to market
Tulane University: Tulane researchers find that coronavirus can survive in air for hours
Medical Express: Report finds rising trend of viruses jumping from animal hosts to humans
Daily Pioneer: How close are we to the silver bullet?
Belfast Telegraph: Animal studies could help test for Covid-19 airborne transmission
Science: Can boosting interferons, the body’s frontline virus fighters, beat COVID-19?
CNN: Even without a Covid-19 vaccine, there’s reason for hope
July 7, 2020
Kenosha News: UW drug delivery study uses same method as COVID-19 vaccine candidate
GenEng News: COVID-19 Research: Women Are Changing the Face of the Pandemic
Futurity: How Air Pollution Makes COVID-19 Worse
DBusiness: U-M Researchers Discover How Distracting a White Blood Cell May Stop COVID-19 Deaths
July 6, 2020
Precision Vaccinations: Double Coronavirus Antibody Cocktail Launches Phase 3 Study
Telegraph: Scientists race to answer six key questions about the coronavirus
July 04, 2020
VOA: Researchers Launch Large Trials of COVID-19 Candidate Vaccines
July 2, 2020
The Tennessean: HBCU scientist working on COVID-19 antiviral
July 01, 2020
BGR: The coronavirus is making our cells grow tentacles
June 30, 2020
CTV: Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine ready to start human trials soon
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: INOVIO Reports Positive Interim Phase I Data for COVID-19 DNA Vaccine, Joins “Warp Speed” Primate Study
June 26, 2020
Discover Magazine: Deadly Animal Diseases Can Jump to Humans. Is Vaccinating Wildlife the Answer?
Medical News Today: COVID-19: Could gut bacteria be involved?
June 25, 2020
RTL: Italy study shows mosquitoes cannot transmit coronavirus
Oxford Mail: Two doses of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine tested on pigs
Stanford Medicine: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine: What’s ahead
June 24, 2020
Outside Magazine: How Do We Prevent the Next Pandemic?
Nature: Mounting clues suggest the coronavirus might trigger diabetes
June 23, 2020
Newsweek: Nearly 150 Potential Coronavirus Vaccines Are Being Developed Globally
Forbes: Progress In Monoclonal Antibodies For The Treatment And Prevention-Of Covid-19
The Independent: Coronavirus: ‘Significant step’ in development of vaccine for animals
June 22, 2020
CNN: This super safe lab protects researchers as they race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
University of Wisconsin: Hamsters develop protective immunity to COVID-19 and are protected by convalescent sera
June 19, 2020
First Post: First Human Trials of COVID-19 RNA-Based Vaccine by Imperial Researchers, Now Underway
France 24; In China’s vaccine race, shortage of monkeys and weekends
Medical News Today: Duo of antiviral drugs strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in the lab
June 18, 2020
Tufts University: Researchers Across Tufts Pivot to Fight COVID-19
June 17, 2020
KPCC Radio: Cows Help With COVID-19 Treatment, No Bull
Harvard University: Old Drugs and COVID-19
News Medical: Scientists examine SARS-CoV-2 cell entry in different species
KGTV TV: UCSD researchers testing ‘nanosponges’ to fight COVID-19
June 16, 2020
Technology Networks: “Super Potent” COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibodies Isolated and Successfully Tested in Animals
Science Daily: Researchers identify potent antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19
June 15, 2020
Boston Herald: Beating back the coronavirus: Harvard researchers look for a cure
The Guardian: Coronavirus vaccine trial by Imperial College London begins
Pharmaceutical Technology: Daiichi Sankyo to develop Covid-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
June 14, 2020
VOA: Alpaca Helps to Make COVID-19 Vaccine
June 12, 2020
WKZO Radio: How a vaccine made of mosquito spit could help stop the next epidemic
Inverse: Future Covid-19 Treatments Could Be Thanks to Cows, Llamas, and Pangolins
International Business Times: Genetically engineered lab mice to boost COVID-19 vaccine and research: Experts
BGR: Dr. Fauci delivered more good news about coronavirus vaccines
June 11, 2020
The Arizona Republic: Mice can’t catch COVID-19, so a UA lab is making new kind of mouse
University of Connecticut: UConn Researcher Talks Vaccine Realities in an Unprecedented Time
Fierce Biotech: COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm clears animal tests
The Economist: An animal model of COVID-19 is now available
June 10, 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mouse model of COVID-19, key in accelerating research, developed by Washington U.
Raleigh News and Observer: Here’s how UNC is spending $29 million on coronavirus research
Harvard Magazine: Ending an Epidemic
June 9, 2020
New York Times: Can a Vaccine for Covid-19 Be Developed in Record Time?
ABC News: A list of COVID-19 vaccines that are being studied in clinical trials
June 08, 2020
News Medical: New study involving mice shows possible alternative pathway of SARS-CoV-2 infection in overactive bladder
Spokesman Review: Letter to the editor: Thank our biomedical researchers
June 07, 2020
The Times-Picayune: Could measles vaccine protect some coronavirus patients? Tulane researcher aims to find out
News Medical: Mouse research: SARS-CoV-2 invasion of central nervous system through olfactory tract
June 05, 2020
Nature: Frozen cells and empty cages: researchers struggle to revive stalled experiments after the lockdown
June 4, 2020
Science Magazine: Why coronavirus hits men harder: sex hormones offer clues
USA Today: A coronavirus vaccine could require you to get two shots. Here’s why.
June 3, 2020
Medium: New Gene-Edited Lab Mice Are Especially Good at Catching Covid-19
Rivard Report: Texas Biomed: Larger Primates Best Model in COVID-19 Vaccine Study
Medical News Today: COVID-19: Drug targets enzymes that enable virus to invade cells
Vox: Why a vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic
June 2, 2020
Associated Press: Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in COVID-19 vaccine race
The Tribune-Democrat: Pitt expert: Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections
June 1, 2020
Science Alert: Scientists Find a Way to Infect Mice With Coronavirus. Here’s Why That’s So Important
Medical Express: Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections – an infectious disease expert explains the prospects
May 31, 2020
The Cavalier Daily: University doctors use previous research to spearhead coronavirus vaccination
May 28, 2020
Scientific American: COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Search for Antibodies That ‘First Do No Harm’
AVMA: Researchers look at role of pets in COVID-19 transmission
538.com: COVID-19 Is A Respiratory Disease. So Why Is It Affecting Patients’ Hearts And Brains?
Inlander: WSU is testing animals for COVID-19 to learn more about how the virus moves between species
KDKA TV: University Of Pittsburgh Researcher Says Coronavirus Vaccine Could Take Until Early Next Year
May 27, 2020
Speaking of Research: A small number of monkeys could help millions of people: Coronavirus vaccine testing
Science Daily: Mouse model mimics SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans
May 26, 2020
Medical Express: Coronavirus: why we’re using llamas to help fight the pandemic
The Morning Journal (Ohio): Six COVID-19 Research Projects Launched by Cincinnati Children’s
Sky News: Coronavirus: Thailand trialling COVID-19 vaccine on monkeys
May 25, 2020
East Oregonian: Oregon primate study gives hope for post-infection immunity to COVID-19
VOA News: Thailand Enters Global Race for Vaccine With Trials on Monkeys
Minneapolis Star Tribune: US company trials coronavirus vaccine candidate in Australia
The Globe and Mail (Canada) : Canadian coronavirus vaccine candidate delivers promising results in animal tests
May 23, 2020
Medical News Today: Why we need more research on animal infection with the new coronavirus
May 22, 2020
The Australian: The race around the world for an effective coronavirus vaccine
Minneapolis Star Tribune: What scientists are learning to try to be ready for what’s after COVID-19
May 21, 2020
STAT: ‘It’s something I have never seen’: How the Covid-19 virus hijacks cells
NIH Director’s Blog: Enlisting Monoclonal Antibodies in the Fight Against COVID-19
Fierce Biotech: Harvard animal studies suggest COVID-19 protection can come from previous infection or DNA vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine: Developing Covid-19 Vaccines at Pandemic Speed
Firstpost: Harvard studies show DNA vaccines provide partial immunity and antibodies prevent reinfection
GEN & Biotechnology News: Expediting COVID-19 Research
CBS News: Monkey trials show promising COVID-19 vaccine results
May 20, 2020
US News: Inovio Says COVID-19 Vaccine Produces Antibodies in Mice, Guinea Pigs
TuftsNow: Searching for Ways to Defeat COVID-19
May 19, 2020
KTVT TV: Finding A Cure: Texas Research Lab Confirms Drug Blocks Coronavirus In Human Cells
The Telegram & Gazette (Central Massachusetts): COVID-19 from humans to animals ‘highly unlikely,’ study at Tufts finds
May 18, 2020
WVUE TV: Tulane scientists discuss ongoing coronavirus research including plans to vaccinate animals
STAT: Early data show Moderna Covid-19 vaccine generates immune response
Nature: Animal source of the coronavirus continues to elude scientists
New York Times: Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Early Results
The Guardian: Five organisations in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
May 17, 2020
News Medical: Study involving mice shows human monoclonal antibodies can effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2
May 16, 2020
The Hawk Eye: Iowa mice key in race for COVID-19 treatments
May 15, 2020
NIH: Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19 pneumonia
NBC: Coronavirus vaccine: This week’s updates from Oxford and the NIH
WHYY Radio: The great research mouse rescue amid the pandemic
The California Aggie: UC Davis research finds strong links between emerging infectious diseases, threatened animal species
The California Aggie: Testing of COVID-19 skin patch vaccine begun by Verndari Inc. in collaboration with UC Davis
Pharmaceutical Technology: Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine shows promise in animal study
May 14, 2020
Science Daily: SARS lessons for COVID-19 vaccine design
Knowable Magazine: Building a mouse squad against Covid-19
ABC – Australia: Coronavirus family tree tracing could prove key to controlling new outbreaks
Nature: Dogs caught coronavirus from their owners, genetic analysis suggests
Bangor Daily News: Cats with no symptoms spread virus to other cats in lab test
Scientific American: From Hamsters to Baboons: The Animals Helping Scientists Understand the Coronavirus
May 13, 2020
The Salt Lake Tribune: Coronavirus and immunity — what the latest research says about people who already beat the disease
Medical Express: Can a drug developed for sickle cell anemia mitigate lung damage in patients with COVID-19?
May 11, 2020
Telangana Today: Even animals benefit from social distancing to prevent disease
KLEW TV: Researchers investigate how COVID-19 is transmitted from humans to pets
Wired: The Search for a Covid-19 Research Animal Model
iPolitics: One of Canada’s vaccine hopefuls has shown promise in ferrets – so now what?
Science Daily: A close relative of SARS-CoV-2 found in bats offers more evidence it evolved naturally
May 10, 2020
The Philadelphia Inquirer: How long immunity lasts after a coronavirus infection and what that means for vaccines
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Opinion: Developing a treatment
May 7, 2020
Inverse: An Animal Once Linked to Covid-19 Could Be the Key to Better Treatment
Neurology Today: COVID-19 Closes Labs, Slows Data Collection—The Impact on Neurology Research
KTRK TV: FDA approves coronavirus vaccine’s next phase in clinical trial
May 6, 2020
Washington Post: The urgent quest for a coronavirus treatment involves door-to-door blood collection and a llama named Winter
Forbes: Meet The Animal Heroes Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
May 5, 2020
The Conversation: Exercise may help reduce risk of deadly COVID-19 complication: ARDS
Discover Magazine: COVID-19 Antibody Testing: Tougher Than True/False
The Print: Can computers find a potential drug to fight Covid-19? Experts say it’s a long journey
Science Magazine: The race is on for antibodies that stop the new coronavirus
May 4, 2020
Science Daily: Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed
Chicago Business: Scientists use genetically modified mice to create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab
The Incline: Meet the Pitt researchers working to end the COVID-19 pandemic
Sky News: Coronavirus: Scientists hail ‘groundbreaking’ discovery of antibody which prevents infection
May 3, 2019
Washington Post: Inside the extraordinary race to invent a coronavirus vaccine
May 2, 2020
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The fight for a cure includes animal studies
April 29, 2020
UC Davis: COVID-19 Vaccine With Patch Delivery Technology Enters Preclinical Testing at UC Davis
Live Science: Why are more men dying from COVID-19?
Tri-State Livestock News: MSU researcher examines animal origins of COVID-19
CNN: The Race for a Vaccine: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for April 29
April 28, 2020
April 25, 2020
Business Insider: How studies on everything from monkeys and ferrets to mice, cats, and dogs are helping researchers in the fight against the coronavirus crisis
CBC: A race against the disease’: Canadian researchers part of global effort to develop COVID-19 vaccine
The Dartmouth: Researchers continue essential work in on-campus labs
April 24, 2020
Live Science: New COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in monkeys. Next step: humans
April 23, 2020
Scientific American: Three Ways to Make Coronavirus Drugs In a Hurry
Science Magazine: COVID-19 vaccine protects monkeys from new coronavirus, Chinese biotech reports
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter: Care of research animals remain a priority at Hopkins
Medical News Today: Studies in mice and monkeys show faulty blood clotting mechanism may explain COVID-19 severity
April 22, 2020
Futurity: Why Do Older People Have More Covid-19 Symptoms?
The Guardian: Coronavirus: what have scientists learned about Covid-19 so far?
April 20, 2020
Global News: University of Calgary researchers study risk of COVID-19 transmission from humans to pets
April 17, 2020
NIH: Antiviral remdesivir prevents disease progression in monkeys with COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Live Science: When will a COVID-19 vaccine be ready?
Montreal Gazette: What science is telling us about COVID-19, from deadly spikes to brain seizures
MIT News: Proteins may halt the severe cytokine storms seen in Covid-19 patients
April 15, 2020
The Scientist: What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity?
AVMA: Spike protein may contain key weaknesses in COVID-19 virus
April 14, 2020
Business Insider: French scientists are using the measles vaccine to develop a ‘Trojan horse’ against the coronavirus
Chicago Tribune: At the center of a storm: The search for a proven coronavirus treatment
April 13, 2020
Science Magazine: Mice, hamsters, ferrets, monkeys. Which lab animals can help defeat the new coronavirus?
Quartz: How monkeys, ferrets, and horses are helping scientists fight Covid-19
The California Aggie: UC Davis researchers work toward developing potential vaccine for COVID-19
Science Daily: Study finds remdesivir effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19
KERA TV: Clinical Trials For Promising COVID-19 Drug Underway In North Texas
April 10, 2020
Taipei Times: – Virus Outbreak: Team identifies inhibitors in search for drug
Scientific American: What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means
WDHN – TV: Auburn Veterinary Medicine begins testing for COVID-19 vaccine candidates
April 9, 2020
Science Focus: Ferrets potential ally in the search for coronavirus vaccine
April 8, 2020
Popular Science: A new vaccine protects mice from another dangerous coronavirus
April 7, 2020
WXIA TV: Emory-discovered coronavirus drug shows promise in mice, heads to human trials
Technology Networks: Antiviral Against COVID-19 Reduces Damage in Mouse Lungs
The Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa-led vaccine research shows promise for coronavirus
Scientific American: New Coronavirus Drug Shows Promise in Animal Tests
Science Daily: Engineered virus might be able to block coronavirus infections, mouse study shows
PRI: Can Tulane University’s monkeys help the global fight against the coronavirus?
KSAT TV: Local scientists studying levels of immunity in COVID-19 survivors
The Scientist: Scientists Around the Globe Pivot Their Research to SARS-CoV-2
April 6, 2020
WCSH TV: Maine lab genetically modifies mice for COVID-19 research
US News: Why Will It Take So Long for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
WLBZ TV: Maine lab genetically modifies mice for COVID-19 research
Medical Express: Virologist leads world’s first multi-vaccine animal efficacy studies in the fight against COVID-19
April 5, 2020
Stanford Daily: Researchers tackle COVID-19 from all angles
KXLY-TV: WSU laboratory begins testing animals for COVID-19
April 3, 2020
World Economic Forum: Why a coronavirus vaccine takes over a year to produce – and why that is incredibly fast
The New Daily: We don’t want a new Thalidomide: Why a COVID-19 vaccine is so long coming
Reuters: Potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse study
The Globe and Mail: Chinese wildlife ban freezes export of test monkeys amid worldwide push for COVID-19 vaccine
April 2, 2020
BBC: Coronavirus: Australian scientists begin tests of potential vaccines
April 1, 2020
New York Times: COVID-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together
The Guardian: Cats can infect each other with coronavirus, Chinese study finds
The Conversation: Sheep and Bacteria Are Helping in the Fight Against Coronavirus – Here’s How
Japan Times: Race for COVID-19 vaccine tests limits of drug innovation
The Cornell Sun: Virology Professor Weighs in on a Potential COVID-19 Cure
March 31, 2020
CTV: Canadian scientists, others around the world racing to find a COVID-19 vaccine
Medical News Today: COVID-19: No evidence that heart, kidney medications raise risk
AAMC: Here’s why we can’t rush a COVID-19 vaccine
March 30, 2020
GEN News: COVID-19 Reinfection Not a Concern, Monkey Study Suggests
March 28, 2020
The Sacramento Bee: UC Davis researchers rushing to develop new treatments to stop coronavirus spread
Forbes: How Colleges Are Stepping Up To Fight COVID-19
March 27, 2020
The Guardian: It’s a razor’s edge we’re walking’: inside the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
March 26, 2020
Several News Outlets: Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., Comments on the Critical Role of Animals in Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine. Video below:
Science Magazine: Race to find COVID-19 treatments accelerates
BBC: Coronavirus: Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19
Triangle Business Journal: Duke University Hospital to test potential COVID-19 treatment on patients
March 25, 2020
Forbes: Timeline Shows 3 Paths To COVID-19 Treatment And Prevention (INFOGRAPHIC)
MedCity News: Vir Bio aims to launch Covid-19 antibody studies this summer
Science Daily: COVID-19: Stopgap measure to treat respiratory distress
The Atlantic: How the Pandemic Will End
The Guardian: Coronavirus vaccine: when will it be ready?
World Economic Forum: Coronavirus vaccine: how soon will we have one?
March 21
Minneapolis Star Tribune: University of Minnesota is going ‘full-on MacGyver’ against COVID-19
March 19, 2020
UC Davis: Researchers Race to Develop Coronavirus Solutions
March 18, 2020
The Mercury News: Letter: I know lab animals are crucial in finding a COVID-19 vaccine
March 14, 2020
The New York Times : These Lab Animals Will Help Fight Coronavirus
NPR: Mouse Hunt: Lab Races To Grow Mice For COVID-19 Research