A few-week-old Heidschnucken lamb moves through the heath with the flock. Scientists in Germany have successfully tested a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that could make handling the ...

Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a century ago. Since that time, it has become clear that these tests cause ...

Every winter, Austin gets walloped by cedar fever: runny noses, scratchy throats, watering eyes, and canceled plans as ...