Covid-19

News from EARA

This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.

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Ana Barros

3 days ago
1 min

Labs scramble to protect research

Institutions across the world are rising to the challenge of preserving their research on the Covid-19 crisis, as labs shutdown and resources are redirected....

Ana Barros

3 days ago
1 min

Add your research to the EARA Covid-19 map

EARA wants to hear from scientists around the world who are currently conducting coronavirus research that involves the use of animals. Last week EARA publis...

Ana Barros

3 days ago
1 min

Pigs used to test new COVID-19 vaccines before humans trials

A team from the Pirbright Institute, UK, are to test new vaccines for COVID-19 using pigs as an animal model. The vaccines, developed at the University of Ox...

Ana Barros

6 days ago
2 min

How animals are helping in Covid-19 research - a global overview

The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across the world to find a...

Ana Barros

Mar 30
1 min

Covid-19 study shows immunity to reinfection in monkeys

Scientists in China, in a study with monkeys, have found that they were immune to the coronavirus if given a second exposure to it after the original infecti...

Ana Barros

Mar 26
3 min

EARA supports call to end embargo by transport providers in the UK and US on animal research

For immediate release 26/03/2020: Further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday, o26+44 (0)7970 132801 The European Animal Research A...

Ana Barros

Mar 24
1 min

Virologist warns against a 'quick fix' for Covid-19 vaccine

An opinion piece in Nature has called on scientists not to skip testing in animal models and maintain safety checks in the development of coronavirus drugs. ...

Ana Barros

Mar 23
1 min

Coronavirus: Activist groups keep silent on animal research

EARA research has revealed a notable absence of calls to ban animal research from activist groups during the coronavirus crisis. In an article in Spiked maga...

Ana Barros

Mar 23
1 min

Mapping the fight against Covid-19 in Europe

Researchers across Europe are in the forefront of the search for effective drugs to fight the coronavirus. EARA has put together a map animation to display t...

Ana Barros

Mar 16
1 min

Coronavirus: Italian activists condemned for attack during outbreak

As Italy copes with the spread of coronavirus, a graffiti attack by animal rights activists on the offices of a biomedical research charity, has prompted an ...

Ana Barros

Mar 9
1 min

Coronavirus: The search for an animal model to study coronavirus

Scientists around the world are in a race to find the animal species that is the most suitable to use in tests for a Covid-19 virus vaccine. Ferrets, monkeys...

Ana Barros

Feb 10
1 min

Coronavirus: Animal testing plays part in the race to find a vaccine

As the Chinese coronavirus spreads, scientists around the world are working non-stop to find a vaccine and animal models are a vital part of the research pro...