If You Haven’t Thought About Coronavirus in Animals, You Should
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki comments in The New York Times on coronavirus in animal populations and the school’s CoVERS study
animal to human spillover
Omicron Variants Unusual Mutations Could Mean it Spread from an Animal Scientists Suggest
Sunday, December 5th, 2021
Professor Jonathan Runstadler is quoted in Boston Herald on animals and SARS-CoV-2, including whether omicron variant may suggest cross species transmission
Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
Dean emerita and professor Deborah Kochevar co-authors an article for the Conversation on preventing future pandemics through a One Health approach
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
Recent Monkeypox Case Unlikely to Cause Outbreak, Experts Say
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
Assistant professor Felicia Nutter, who also collaborates on the STOP Spillover project, comments on the July case of monkeypox in the U.S. in Verywell Health
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
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
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
The COVID Mink Crisis, Explained
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
Professor Jonathan Runstadler spoke with NBCNews.com about the COVID-19 outbreaks at Dutch mink farms
A Push to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Cummings School expertise is key to a global program headed by the university that aims to stop new viruses from becoming a widespread danger to humans.
