ESPN’s 2015 Jimmy V Week for Cancer Research raised $3.2 million for The V Foundation for Cancer Research—a million more than the $2.2 million raised in 2014. In nine years, Jimmy V Week has raised $13.7 million for cancer research. Jimmy V Week ran from Dec. 2-8, 2015 and introduced the awareness campaign Your Fight...
In April 2025, announcements from the two most influential biomedical agencies in the US, the FDA and the NIH, declared that both will seek to reduce and minimize animal-based testing and experimentation. These declarations sparked joy in some circles, and deep concern in others that was reflected in a 28% fall in the share price of Charles River Labs (NYSE: NYSE:CRL).
