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Several college testing facilities funded by the National Institutes of Health killed some 25,000 “extraneous” and “nonessential” animals during the COVID-19 crisis, prompting a call from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for a national investigation.
Share Source: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan On Tuesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the Stop the Outlay of Payments (STOP) Act, a bill that will deny taxpayer funding from organizations not properly transparent about their projects. The legislation will effectively serve to provide accountability and enforcement, to protect taxpayers from groups like the EcoHealth Alliance, an NIH grant recipient which has not been forthcoming about what it does with funds. "Under the STOP Act, grant recipients have 120 days to come into compliance after being suspended and can continue to receive support ...