STOP Spillover
Monday, August 16th, 2021
Professor Deborah Kochevar, lead on the STOP Spillover project, spoke with BYU Radio’s Top of Mind with Julie Rose about working to prevent the next pandemic
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.
Cats Are Better Than Dogs (at Catching the Coronavirus)
Monday, July 19th, 2021
Professor Jonathan Runstadler is quoted in The New York Times on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between humans and pets.
When should you get your dog ready for a ‘return to normal’? Yesterday.
Sunday, May 30th, 2021
Clinical assistant professor Stephanie Borns-Weil spoke with NBCNews.com for a story on how dog owners can get their dogs ready for a ‘return to normal’.
How Covid-19 Jumps From Humans to Animals, Worrying Scientists
Friday, March 26th, 2021
Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki was featured in a Wall Street Journal video story on concerns around COVID transmission between humans and animals.
Racing to save humans through animal research
Monday, March 15th, 2021
Professor Jonathan Runstadler comments on his lab’s work studying SARS-CoV-2 and the potential for transmission between humans and animals in a @avmajournals story about the contributions from veterinary researchers around the virus.
FDA Authorizes a Third COVID-19 Vaccine
Sunday, February 28th, 2021
Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson
Keeping an Eye on the Human-Animal Interface
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Infectious disease researchers Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola Hill, and Wendy Puryear spoke with Nature’s LabAnimal on viral surveillance at the human-animal interface.
Coronavirus FAQs
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Professor Jonathan Runstadler contributed his expertise to NPR’s Goats and Soda for a coronavirus FAQ on a range of topics.
Pets are helping us cope during the pandemic—but that may be stressing them out
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
National Geographic National Geographic quotes clinical associate professor Emily McCobb and assistant professor Megan Mueller on the relationship between people and pets during the pandemic. Read full story here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/02/pets-are-helping-us-cope-during-the-pandemic/
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
