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
Human-Animal Interaction
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 Across Tufts Pivot to Fight COVID-19
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Scientists collaborate to understand the coronavirus, from how it is transmitted to the disparity of its harm. https://now.tufts.edu/articles/researchers-across-tufts-pivot-fight-covid-19
Does Fido have coronavirus? Tufts researchers are testing hundreds of animals to find out
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
A feature in The Boston Globe highlights the CoVERS study being led by Professor Jonathan Runstadler, which seeks to understand the potential for transfer of the novel coronavirus between humans and animals
COVID-19 from Humans to Animals ‘Highly Unlikely’, Study at Tufts Finding
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki talked to The Grafton News about the latest data from Cummings School’s ongoing study on COVID-19 in pets and livestock
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
On Public Health and Rat Risks
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Research assistant professor Marieke Rosenbaum says COVID-19 can teach us how to encourage other behavioral changes for health—and plans to test urban rodents.
Biosecurity Must Include Measures for Epidemic Disease
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Professor Sam Telford says the U.S. was caught unprepared to fight COVID-19—and asks how we will learn from this experience and invest differently going forward.
What Is Behind COVID-19 Spillover Events?
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Professor Jonathan Runstadler discusses his lab’s work to investigate genetic mutations and other factors that enable the SARS-CoV-2 virus to jump species.
Are Threatened Wildlife Species Safe from COVID-19?
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Research assistant professor Chris Whittier says the pandemic raises many questions around the relationships among human, animal, and environmental health.
