2011 News Release Archive

• Survey: Most Americans Support Ban on Cosmetics Testing on Animals
  December 28, 2011

• Dietitians Pick Detroit as Healthiest Airport, but Atlanta Falls to Bottom of List
  December 21, 2011

• Institute of Medicine Report Could Spell End of Chimpanzee Experiments
  December 15, 2011

• NIH Announces Alamogordo Chimpanzees Will Stay Put for Now
  December 15, 2011

• Houston’s St. Luke’s Tops Doctors’ List of Five Worst Hospital Food Environments
  December 15, 2011

• University of Virginia Violating Federal Law by Using Live Animals, Doctors Say
  November 22, 2011

• East Carolina University Is Last N.C. Pediatrics Training Program Using Live Animals, Doctors Say
  November 15, 2011

• Billboard Near Pork Board Building Warns Iowans of Bacon-Cancer Link
  November 8, 2011

• Doctors Group Urges Europe to Uphold 2013 Ban on Animal-Tested Cosmetics
  October 25, 2011

• Canada Ends Cruel Live Animal Labs
  October 21, 2011

• Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States
  October 19, 2011

• Military Ending Use of Live Monkeys for Nerve Agent Exercises
  October 14, 2011

• Doctors Protest University of Washington’s Cruel Use of Ferrets in Lethal Procedures
  October 6, 2011

• Debate-Themed Billboard Warns Las Vegas of Hot Dog-Cancer Link
  October 5, 2011

• Billboard in Green Bay Warns of Cheese-Obesity Link
  September 27, 2011

• The Grim Reaper Wears a Cheesehead: Billboard Warns Packers Fans of Obesity Risk
  September 23, 2011

• Doctors Urge Mayor Bloomberg to Fight Feds on Food Stamp Plan
  August 25, 2011

• Doctors Comment on Institute of Medicine's Debate on Use of Chimpanzees in Experiments Aug. 11–12, 2011
  August 12, 2011

• Doctors Call for Federal Investigation of Unlawful Chimpanzee Experiments at Texas Biomed
  August 11, 2011

• Health and Wellness Expert Jillian Michaels Urges Congress to Slim Down Bulging Budget Deficit
  August 3, 2011

• Doctors Offer Plan to Save Taxpayers $383 Billion, Improve America’s Health
  July 29, 2011

• Billboard Near Brickyard Warns NASCAR Fans of Cancer-Hot Dog Link
  July 25, 2011

• Invasive Animal Use at University of Washington Violates State Law, Doctors Say
  July 14, 2011

• Deadly Animal Use at University of Tennessee College of Medicine Violates State Law, Doctors Say
  July 7, 2011

• Lethal Animal Use at University of Mississippi Medical Center Violates State Law, Doctors Say
  June 23, 2011

• Psychiatric Disorders in Lab Chimpanzees Mirror Those in Human Trauma Survivors, New Study Finds
  June 22, 2011

• Vegetarian Recipes Are Winners in USDA’s Healthy Kids Contest
  June 16, 2011

• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Ends Use of Live Ferrets for Pediatrics Training
  June 2, 2011

• USDA’s New MyPlate Icon At Odds With Federal Subsidies for Meat, Dairy
  June 2, 2011

• Lea Michele Champions Chimpanzees
  May 25, 2011

• McDonald’s Oatmeal, Wendy’s Salad Among Five Worst “Healthy” Fast Foods
  May 19, 2011

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Stops Lethal Use of Pigs
  May 18, 2011

• Doctors Urge Congress to Shut Down Federal Programs Providing Subsidies for Unhealthy Foods
  April 15, 2011

• Comedian Ricky Gervais Asks NIH to Return Chimpanzees to Alamogordo
  April 15, 2011

• Lethal Animal Use at Mass General and Baystate Medical Center Violates State Law, Doctors Say in Complaints
  March 25, 2011

• Doctors Suggest 21-Day Vegan Kickstart to Make Over McDonald’s Employees’ Diets
  March 18, 2011

• University of Washington's Pediatrics Program Pressured to End Live Animal Use
  March 17, 2011

• Actress Emily Deschanel Asks NIH to Return Chimpanzees to Alamogordo
  March 4, 2011

• Transfer of 14 Chimpanzees Violates Federal Law, Doctors Say
  March 3, 2011

• Lethal Use of Pigs at Johns Hopkins and Uniformed Services University Violates Maryland Law, Doctors Say in Complaints
  February 24, 2011

• Doctors Sue Federal Government for Deceptive Language on Meat, Dairy in New Dietary Guidelines
  February 17, 2011

• University of Washington Violating Federal Law by Killing Animals for Pediatrics Training, Doctors Say in USDA Complaint
  February 10, 2011

• Dietitians Name Five Most Astonishingly Unhealthy Super Bowl Snacks
  February 5, 2011

• New Dietary Guidelines Back Plant-Based Diets to Fight Obesity
  January 31, 2011

• Doctors Deliver Giant Power Plate to White House to Protest Government Inaction on Obesity
  January 25, 2011

• Doctors Offer to Sponsor Beef Fat Cleanup in Exchange for Ad Promoting Vegan Diet
  January 11, 2011

• Chimpanzees Win Reprieve from Experimentation, Confirms National Institutes of Health
  January 10, 2011

• Doctors Sue USDA, HHS for Ignoring Healthy Alternative to MyPyramid
  January 6, 2011