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
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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
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
The Veterinarian-Humanitarian
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
A Cummings School and Fletcher School alum works to get U.S. aid where it’s needed to fight COVID-19, locusts, and other emergencies across the globe
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.
How Many People Have Been Infected?
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Associate professor Abhineet Sheoran explains why widespread antibody testing is so critical to moving forward in a COVID-19 world.
