How to Stop Territorial Barking
A veterinary behaviorist shares how to get your dog to stop barking at passersby—and providing an unwanted soundtrack to your Zoom meetings—during the pandemic.
Human-Animal Interaction
Pets helping people cope amid coronavirus pandemic
Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor Megan Mueller spoke with 7News Boston on how pets can help people cope with stress during the coronavirus pandemic
Bird Call
Jason Doll, V20, MPH20, followed a love of poultry to veterinary medicine and public health
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.
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
Researchers Across Tufts Pivot to Fight COVID-19
Scientists collaborate to understand the coronavirus, from how it is transmitted to the disparity of its harm.