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Going Anti-Viral: A Team Fights HPV

Tufts researchers and clinicians work together to stop the spread of the virus—and prevent the cancers it causes

August 27, 2026

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One Center’s Oversized Impact on Drug Development and Clinical Trials

Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development celebrates 50 years of research and data informing improvements in pharmaceutical development and regulatory...

August 25, 2026

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Food & Nutrition

Predicting the Conditions That Create Famine

New famine modeling studies offer clues on how extreme starvation develops and how earlier intervention could help prevent catastrophic crises.

August 12, 2026

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Infectious Disease

How to Protect Yourself From West Nile Virus and EEE

An expert on mosquito-borne diseases gives tips about how to stay safe from West Nile virus and EEE.

July 24, 2026

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Public Health

What Is Cyclosporiasis and Why Are Cases on the Rise?

Infectious disease specialists at Tufts share what they know about a parasite that has made thousands of people sick this summer

July 23, 2026

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Public Health

Connecting Classrooms, Clinics, and Continents

An international fellowship united two physician-scientists in their quest to improve global health

July 14, 2026

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Food & Nutrition

It May Not Just Be What’s in Ultra-Processed Foods, but How They’re Made

New observational study suggests processing itself could partly explain links to diabetes, heart disease, and early death

June 3, 2026

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Food & Nutrition

Medically Tailored Meals Produce Better Health and Lower Costs

First statewide Medicaid analysis finds fewer hospitalizations and emergency visits—and lower healthcare costs—among meal recipients in Massachusetts

June 2, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Using AI to Connect the Dots in Public Health

A Tufts leader in tech-driven economic development says AI could help public-health professionals surface scattered community knowledge and use it to make...

June 1, 2026

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Public Health

Alpha-Gal Syndrome: What We Know and Don’t Know

This tick-borne condition can cause an allergic reaction to red meat and other symptoms, says a Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine expert

May 27, 2026

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