A Cummings School expert in global health shares what’s working in the latest outbreak—and what needs to change

Urban dwellers looking to raise backyard chickens must take precautions to prevent lead exposure.

Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance to leverage strengths of the university and medical center to research mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and develop new strategies for treatment and education Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center unite decades of experience and expertise in infectious disease research and clinical care with the Tufts Center for Integrated Read More

Chris Whittier, V97, research assistant professor of conservation medicine at Cummings School, shares the dirt on these important enormous, whistling, burrowing squirrels While many Americans would recognize famed Punxsutawney Phil as a groundhog, they may not know much else about the species. As Groundhog Day approaches on February 2, let’s take a minute to consider Read More

Two Tufts alumni contributed to research providing a critical clue into the mysterious cause of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history

Cummings School and MIT work with Massachusetts citizens to genetically fight Lyme disease.

Scientists devise a new method to store Cryptosporidium and aid vaccine research.

A conservation medicine alum addresses the growing problem of free-ranging dogs on the Tibetan plateau.

A Tufts alum helped create an exhibit exploring how human pandemics emerge from animals and the environment.

Creating better animal models may help pregnant women—and support children exposed to opioids in utero.