Infectious Disease

Research from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine helped rid the world of a deadly virus. That experience may help prevent future disease outbreaks

A two-day research convergence on the Boston and Grafton campuses brought industry leaders and Tufts researchers together for strategic discussions around...

New Tufts University School of Medicine studies reveal how Clostridioides difficile behaves inside the body

In a talk at Tufts, the author takes on the deadly disease and the fault in our values that helps it persist

Following a recent outbreak in India, two Tufts University experts explain how Nipah virus moves from animals to people—and how smarter prevention can reduce...

Bernard Arulanandam’s research interests include the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in immune responses to infectious diseases

Tufts faculty have been discovering everything from how to measure stress levels and make cancer vaccines work to the ways that coffee seems to protect health

Tufts researchers’ approach uncovers how TB treatments can best work together at the cellular level to speed better cures

Study shows how places without modern sanitation systems can still use wastewater to catch outbreaks before dangerous diseases travel across borders

As measles outbreaks pop up across the U.S. and abroad, Tufts School of Medicine experts explain the reason behind the rise