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A giraffe’s long neck and head against a blue sky.

Giraffes Under Parasitic Attack?

Besides their graceful long necks and legs, giraffes are most recognizable by their distinctive spots. Now conservationists are concerned about a different sort of spots on giraffes, made up of dead tissue and crusty sores that ooze blood or pus.
A photo-illustration of an open book morphing into a landscape of grass and trees

Recommended Summer Books

At the start of every summer vacation season, we ask members of the Tufts community to tell us about books that they’ve read and recommend to others.
A Ebola health worker in full hazardous matter gear at a treatment center in Beni in eastern Congo, where Ebola treatments are being offered.

Battling Ebola in Congo

A Cummings School expert in global health shares what’s working in the latest outbreak—and what needs to change
A woman performing an ultrasound on a horse.

Imaging plays a central role

When a horse experiences a decrease in their athletic performance, it could indicate an injury or underlying disease, often best detected by imaging. Tufts ...