How Could COVID-19 Have Been Prevented?
Assistant professor Felicia Nutter explains why we need to understand interactions among humans, animals, and their ecosystems to avoid future pandemics.
Dept. of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Will the Novel Coronavirus Become Seasonal?
Distinguished professor Saul Tzipori explains how much we still have to learn about SARS-Co-2 infections and immunity.
What Is Behind COVID-19 Spillover Events?
Professor Jonathan Runstadler discusses his lab’s work to investigate genetic mutations and other factors that enable the SARS-CoV-2 virus to jump species.
Biosecurity Must Include Measures for Epidemic Disease
Professor Sam Telford says the U.S. was caught unprepared to fight COVID-19—and asks how we will learn from this experience and invest differently going forward.
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.
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