Oregon Health & Science University shut down a scientist’s ferret research in June after federal officials found violations of multiple rules meant to ensure the animals suffer as little as possible.

There has been much critical influenza research conducted in a little-known laboratory animal—the ferret. The authors review some of these findings, discuss the reasons the ferret often becomes a ...

The Environmental Health & Safety department, part of Research & Innovation at the University of Nevada, Reno, is one of the first in the nation to provide a campus lab space dedicated solely to ...

Environmental Health & Safety provides training both online and in-person on topics relevant to laboratory workers and supervisors. These courses satisfy some of the requirements set forth by federal, ...

An Oregon Health & Science University laboratory broke animal health-and-safety law when five prairie voles died because researchers failed to give them water, a federal inspector found recently. In ...