Which animals can catch COVID-19, which can’t — and why it matters.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Professor Jonathan Runstadler comments in a Vox article about which animals are most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Cummings School Support of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cummings School faculty are working to better understand the novel coronavirus and its effect on animals and humans. Visit the CoVERS study and see the news center’s latest COVID-19 stories to learn about Cummings School’s COVID-19 work.
For the latest information about COVID-19 visit the CDC, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID-19 online resource centers.
The COVID Mink Crisis, Explained
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
NBCNews.com Professor Jonathan Runstadler spoke with NBCNews.com about the COVID-19 outbreaks at Dutch mink farms. Read full story here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/here-s-why-denmark-culled-17-million-minks-now-plans-n1249610
Face Masks Pose a Health Risk to Animals
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Veterinarians warn pet owners to keep dogs away from masks—and urge all to properly dispose of used face coverings
Our Four-Legged Friends During COVID-19
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
Megan Mueller, the Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor at Cummings School, and Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Borns-Weil were featured on WCVB’s Chronicle talking about the human-animal bond and animal behavior during the pandemic.
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
The STOP Spillover program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts from Cummings School, the university, and organizations across the world.
Cats Shed More Than Dogs. The Coronavirus, Not Fur.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki comments in The New York Times on findings from a household with ferrets that participated in the CoVERS study.
COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Prevents Severe Clinical Disease in Animals
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Cummings School researchers contribute to preclinical study that’s among first to report vaccine protection against severe COVID-19-related pneumonia and death.
People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That’s a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say.
Monday, June 22nd, 2020
Professor Jonathan Runstadler was quoted by The Washington Post among experts studying animals and the novel coronavirus and the likelihood of transmission between species
Researchers to study how gender and sex impact coronavirus mortality
Monday, June 22nd, 2020
Associate professor Hellen Amuguni spoke with WCVB Boston on planned research with Tufts Medical Center into how gender and sex impact COVID-19 outcomes and mortality
Why Is There a COVID-19 Gender Gap?
Monday, June 15th, 2020
Tufts researchers to study how sex and gender affect individuals’ risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19
