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A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of animal rights advocates who want to know why it quietly approved millions in new funding for dozens of primate experiments since President Trump took office.

"The NIH's rhetoric about reducing animal testing doesn't match reality," said Justin Goodman, senior vice president of White Coat Waste, an organization that has described the Trump Administration's commitment to drastically reduce animal testing as a "watershed moment" in its fight to end the practice.

His group is highlighting the new spending to add pressure on National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya, one of several

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