U.S. Senator Cory Booker is calling for the federal government to investigate a monkey farm near Mesa connected to the University of Washington.
that Valley fever, a common flu-like illness caused by a fungus from the soil in the desert around Phoenix, ran rampant among the macaque colony and killed at least 47 monkeys died from the illness over the past eight years.
At one point, the NIH took the unusual step of restricting some of UW's grant funding, the letter said. • Was the NIH and grant overseers aware of the issues at the primate center? If so, what actions did they take in response?• Were all grant review committee members free of all conflicts of interest, including with UW?
• What standards does NIH rely upon to assess the extent of animal care violations that would lead to the termination of grant funding?
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