How Many People Have Been Infected?
Associate professor Abhineet Sheoran explains why widespread antibody testing is so critical to moving forward in a COVID-19 world.
Dept. of Infectious Disease and Global Health
On Public Health and Rat Risks
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.
Searching for Ways to Defeat COVID-19
Researchers developing therapies and vaccines look to find the best paths forward with the help of a Cummings School veterinary pathologist
COVID-19 from Humans to Animals ‘Highly Unlikely’, Study at Tufts Finding
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
Does Fido have coronavirus? Tufts researchers are testing hundreds of animals to find out
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
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
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