Helping Endangered Koalas’ Health—and Potentially Humans’ Too
Veterinary student’s research in Australia helped improve care for hundreds of animals with chlamydia, while medical research at Tufts looks for vaccine
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Cats Shed More Than Dogs. The Coronavirus, Not Fur.
Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki comments in The New York Times on findings from a household with ferrets that participated in the CoVERS study
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
The STOP Spillover program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts from Cummings School, the university, and organizations across the world.
A Push to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Tufts will head a global program that aims to stop new viruses from becoming a widespread danger to humans
Improving the Odds of Surviving Lymphoma
A clinical trial looks at whether combining immunotherapy with low doses of chemotherapy can improve outcomes and quality of life for dogs—and someday people
The COVID Mink Crisis, Explained
Professor Jonathan Runstadler spoke with NBCNews.com about the COVID-19 outbreaks at Dutch mink farms
Investigating Cancer Treatments’ Cardiovascular Effects
Tufts’ human and veterinary medical researchers collaborate to prevent and better treat cardiovascular damage in people and pets who have survived cancer
Which animals can catch COVID-19, which can’t — and why it matters.
Professor Jonathan Runstadler comments in a Vox article about which animals are most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
A year into the pandemic, Nat Geo photographers turn their lenses on pets
Clinical associate professor Emily McCobb spoke with National Geographic on the pandemic’s impact on human-animal relationships and pets’ roles in families