Research at Cummings School

veterinary giving the vaccine to the little cat

Cats Are Better Than Dogs (at Catching the Coronavirus)

Professor Jonathan Runstadler is quoted in The New York Times on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between humans and pets.

There’s a Vaccine for Lyme Disease. So Why Can’t We Get It?

Professor Sam Telford spoke with New York Magazine about ticks and Lyme Disease.

How Much Should I Worry About Ticks?

Professor Sam Telford spoke with Slate.com about all things ticks—from observations of tick populations in his fieldwork to preventing tick bites.

Harnessing Antibodies as Pathogen Hunters

Tufts researcher finds combining the right antibody with the right delivery system may prevent many diseases before they wreak havoc in the body

clinical veterinarian staff performing a mouth swab on a ferret

Racing to save humans through animal research

Professor Jonathan Runstadler comments on his lab’s work studying SARS-CoV-2 and the potential for transmission between humans and animals in a @avmajournals story about the contributions from veterinary researchers around the virus.

Dr. Amanda Martinot, veterinary pathologist, in lab

FDA Approves a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

Keeping an Eye on the Human-Animal Interface

Infectious disease researchers Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola Hill, and Wendy Puryear spoke with Nature’s LabAnimal on viral surveillance at the human-animal interface.

Hand wearing PPE glove holds Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine glass bottle.

Coronavirus FAQs

Professor Jonathan Runstadler contributed his expertise to NPR’s Goats and Soda for a coronavirus FAQ on a range of topics.

boston terrier wearing a green medical mask

Which animals can catch COVID-19, which can’t — and why it matters.

Professor Jonathan Runstadler comments in a Vox article about which animals are most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2

Investigating Cancer Treatments’ Effects on the Heart and Blood Vessels

Tufts’ human and veterinary medical researchers collaborate to prevent and better treat cardiovascular damage in people and pets who have survived cancer

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Cats Are Better Than Dogs (at Catching the Coronavirus)

There’s a Vaccine for Lyme Disease. So Why Can’t We Get It?

How Much Should I Worry About Ticks?

Harnessing Antibodies as Pathogen Hunters

Racing to save humans through animal research

FDA Approves a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

Keeping an Eye on the Human-Animal Interface

Coronavirus FAQs

Which animals can catch COVID-19, which can’t — and why it matters.

Investigating Cancer Treatments’ Effects on the Heart and Blood Vessels

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