A German-American research team led by scientists from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York has developed brain organoids to investigate the mechanisms that enable the feared Ebola virus to survive long-term in its host.

On June 10, 2026, Humane World for Animals organized an informational event at the European Parliament entitled “Funding for Non-Animal Science: A Moonshot for NAMs.” It was hosted by MEPs Cristina Guarda (Greens/EFA) and Sebastian Everding (The Left). The event was a roundtable discussion on financial support for the accelerated development, validation, and adoption of NAMs in biomedical research and safety testing.

As reported by the animal rights organization PETA, the “German Mouse Clinic” at Helmholtz Zentrum München has announced that it will no longer conduct the forced swim test. This is a major victory for animals.

Professor Dr. Christa Thöne-Reineke from the Free University of Berlin and Professor Dr. Birgit Schittek from the University of Tübingen are receiving this year’s Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The prize is worth 80,000 euros. They will each receive an equal share of the prize.