When Mosquito and Tick Season Meets COVID-19
The outdoors have offered an escape from the pandemic, but summer weather brings the risk of EEE and Lyme disease
Dept. of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Why Is There a COVID-19 Gender Gap?
Tufts researchers to study how sex and gender affect individuals’ risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19
Researchers to study how gender and sex impact coronavirus mortality
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
People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That’s a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say.
Professor Jonathan Runstadler was quoted by The Washington Post among experts studying animals and the novel coronavirus and the likelihood of transmission between species
Lyme disease now, EEE could soon follow
Professor Sam Telford spoke with Boston 25 about mosquitoes and ticks and risk of related vector-borne disease this summer, emphasizing the need for repellant
Experts Say You Don't Need To Freak Out About The Plague Now, Too
Assistant professor Felicia Nutter, V93, talked to Bustle to help put the threat of the plague into proper perspective for those anxious about recent cases in the news
EEE Warning as Third Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for the Virus
Professor Sam Telford spoke with WCVB Boston about concerns around eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in Massachusetts after a third mosquito sample tested positive this season
The Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and Treatable
The bacteria that caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages persists in the U.S. and abroad, but human deaths are largely avoidable
Empowering Women for Better Lives for People and Animals
Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being