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Cats Are Better Than Dogs (at Catching the Coronavirus)

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Professor Jonathan Runstadler is quoted in The New York Times on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between humans and pets.

veterinary giving the vaccine to the cat

Tufts veterinary school takes part in nationwide mammal survey

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

Research assistant professor Chris Whittier spoke with The Grafton News about the school’s wildlife camera traps and working on Snapshot USA’s mammal survey.

One of the camera traps tied to a tree at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine--a digital, battery-operated model capable of taking hundreds of photos.

There’s a Vaccine for Lyme Disease. So Why Can’t We Get It?

Saturday, July 10th, 2021

Professor Sam Telford spoke with New York Magazine about ticks and Lyme Disease.

Wildlife camera project gives glimpse into natural world that goes unseen

Thursday, June 17th, 2021

Research assistant professor Chris Whittier spoke with WCVB Boston about the school’s participation in the first national mammal survey using wildlife cameras.

Can a Tufts Professor Finally Stop Lyme Disease?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

Photo by Matt Kalinowski / Professor Sam Telford discusses his 30-plus-year career studying ticks and the pathogens they transmit, and his current projects, in a Boston Magazine profile.

Sam Telford standing behind some tall grass

Mother of 10-year-old battling tick-borne disease: ‘his brain is on fire’

Friday, May 7th, 2021

Professor Sam Telford comments on local numbers of Lyme disease cases in 2020 and tick-prevention in a Boston 25 story.

An experimental gene therapy was little Alissa’s only hope. Now, instead of certain death, she faces an uncertain future.

Sunday, April 25th, 2021

Cummings School is mentioned in a USA Today story about an experimental gene therapy developed at UMass Medical School to address a deadly disease in children.