An Uptick in Ticks
Professor Sam Telford shared advice with NIH News in Health about taking precautions against ticks when outside this summer
Zoonotic Disease
Lyme Vaccines Are Finally Coming, and They May Not Look Like You'd Expect
Professor Sam Telford is quoted throughout a Verywell Health article on what the future of Lyme Disease vaccines will look like
Avoid Ticks (and Lyme Disease) This Summer
Professor Sam Telford shared tips with Healthday on the best way to prevent Lyme disease and ticks attaching to your skin
What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter
Professor Sam Telford is quoted in an Associated Press story about the increase in ticks as the weather warms up
Tickborne Diseases
Professor Sam Telford was featured in a New England Journal of Medicine video on ticks and how they transmit various diseases
Tick Talk: Facts and Fiction
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Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals
Scientist Wendy Puryear and Postdoctoral researcher Kaitlin Sawatzki are quoted in this NY Times article about their recently published avian influenza research. (subscription required to view)
Bird Flu Associated with Hundreds of Seal Deaths in New England in 2022, Tufts Researchers Find
A new study from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is the first to connect highly pathogenic avian influenza to a large scale mortality event in wild mammals
Will bird flu spark the next pandemic?
Postdoctoral researcher Kaitlin Sawatzki is quoted by Al Jazeera on avian influenza and risks for spillover