Can Pets Get COVID-19?
Monday, April 6th, 2020
There have been news reports that two dogs (both in Hong Kong) and two cats (one in Belgium and one in Hong Kong) tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, but there were no clear clinical… Read More
Hospitals and Clinics
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University sends personal protective equipment, ventilators and other medical supplies to area healthcare facilities to aid with COVID-19 efforts
Monday, April 6th, 2020
NORTH GRAFTON, Mass. (April 6, 2020)—In the latest in a series of efforts by Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University to help keep the people and animals in its local communities healthy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, the school’s dean joined forces Thursday with Grafton’s state representative to deliver a supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Massachusetts veterinary school loans out ventilators to support Boston hospital
Monday, March 30th, 2020
Dean Alastair Cribb tells NBC News that the school’s facilities loaned out four ventilators and donated personal protective equipment to support hospital staff at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
Animal Hospitals, Vets And Zoos Donate Use Of Ventilators To Treat Coronavirus Patients
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
The Huff Post reports on Tufts VETS and the Foster Hospital for Small Animals’ donations of ventilators to Tufts Medical Center as they prepare for more COVID-19 cases.
Central Mass. schools donate medical supplies to hospitals
Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Dean Alastair Cribb shares that Cummings School sent all four of its mechanical ventilators to Tufts Medical Center and oxygen tanks to regional hospitals. He said Tufts’ veterinary school is prepared to donate more supplies and equipment, such as specialized kidney dialysis equipment.
A Wild Year at Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Friday, February 28th, 2020
It was another record-setting year at Tufts Wildlife Clinic in Grafton, where more animals were treated in 2019 than ever before
Heartbreak for dog owners: Popular breed more prone now to cancer
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
Cummings School’s Cheryl London is featured prominently in this Boston 25 News story on why golden retrievers are more susceptible to developing cancers than other dog breeds.
Terriers Test a Therapy for Lung Disease
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
Dog owners band together to crowdfund a clinical trial of a drug that could help pets and people survive pulmonary fibrosis
Community Medicine Keeps Pets Out of Shelters
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
Jane Waterfall, V18, and Kayla Sample were the first two community medicine interns at the Tufts at Tech veterinary clinic in Worcester. Here’s what they learned.
Trying to Figure Out the Scoop on Poop
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
Cases of diarrhea that once would have been fatal are responding to fecal transplantation. Now Cummings School researchers are working to identify exactly how this procedure can help horses
