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3 Lab Monkeys Escape in Mississippi In An Accident: What Were They Used For And Do They Pose Health Threat?

A group of research lab monkeys escaped captivity in Mississippi as the truck carrying them overturned on Tuesday. The monkeys were on their way to a Tulane University research center in New Orleans ...
Yahoo

Lab monkeys remain on the loose in Mississippi following truck crash, as authorities correct initial reports they were carrying infections

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lab monkeys escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday. (Jasper County Sheriff's Department/Facebook) (Jasper County Sheriff's ...
The Washington Post

Mississippi truck crash frees lab monkeys, with 3 still on the loose

A crash on a highway in Mississippi gave a group of lab monkeys a taste of freedom, police said, before a mix-up over whether the primates had infectious diseases led to some of them being killed. The ...
Idaho Statesman

Future Vaccines Depend on Test Subjects in Short Supply: Monkeys

Mark Lewis was desperate to find monkeys. Millions of human lives, all over the world, were at stake. Lewis, the chief executive of Bioqual, was responsible for providing lab monkeys to pharmaceutical ...