Empowering Women for Better Lives for People and Animals
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being
Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
The Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and Treatable
Monday, July 20th, 2020
The bacteria that caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages persists in the U.S. and abroad, but human deaths are largely avoidable With pandemic anxiety at a worldwide high because of COVID-19, the last… Read More
EEE Warning as Third Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for the Virus
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Professor Sam Telford spoke with WCVB Boston about concerns around eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in Massachusetts after a third mosquito sample tested positive this season.
Experts Say You Don’t Need To Freak Out About The Plague Now, Too
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
Assistant professor Felicia Nutter, V93, talked to Bustle to help put the threat of the plague into proper perspective for those anxious about recent cases in the news.
Lyme disease now, EEE could soon follow
Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Professor Sam Telford spoke with Boston 25 about mosquitoes and ticks and risk of related vector-borne disease this summer, emphasizing the need for repellant.
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
When Mosquito and Tick Season Meets COVID-19
Monday, June 15th, 2020
The outdoors have offered an escape from the pandemic, but summer weather brings the risk of EEE and Lyme disease
Searching for Ways to Defeat COVID-19
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Researchers developing therapies and vaccines look to find the best paths forward with the help of a Cummings School veterinary pathologist
