Tag: HHS

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WCW INVESTIGATION: NIH Wastes $46M+ to blind dogs at UPenn (UPDATED)

  White Coat Waste (WCW) has uncovered that the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has been breeding and maintaining a colony of dogs with genetic vision disorders for nearly 50 years, wasting over $46 million in taxpayer money. As recently as January 2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) paid a UPenn lab to breed dogs […]

· Blog, Investigation

WCW Investigation: $30M in New NIH Monkey Lab Funding Undermines RFK’s Pledges to End Primate Tests

  A new White Coat Waste (WCW) analysis of government spending data shows that, under Director Jay Bhattacharya and ‘animal testing czar’ Nicole Kleinstreuer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to dole out tens of millions in new funding to wasteful monkey labs, despite Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s pledges to end primate testing.  The […]