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Google Tag Manager March 18, 2020 Search Google Appliance search news Arts & Culture Campus Life Health & Science In The World News Releases Tufts in the News People Notes More Tufts News Subscribe Tufts Home COVID-19 GUIDANCE: For the latest updates and guidance from Tufts University, please visit go.tufts.edu/coronavirus How Does COVID-19 Compare with the Flu? A Cummings School expert on influenza and infectious disease shares what we might expect to see as the new coronavirus continues to spread—and how to stay safe Thread of an Idea: Could Silk Change Your Future Trips to the Dentist? Student projects explore its use for new treatments, products Coping with Anxiety in a Time of Pandemic A psychology professor answers questions about worry and fear—and what we can do to help What Opioid Use in Rats Can Tell Us About Addiction in Humans A neuroscientist at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine studies opioid use in rats to understand how drugs affect the next generation Women’s and Men’s Basketball Teams Advance to NCAA Sweet Sixteens Both Jumbo teams win and head to the next round of the Division III national tournament He Brought 5,500 Babies into the World. Then He Started Raising Doctors. Mar 9, 2020 Large Image As dean of clinical affairs at Tufts School of Medicine, obstetrician Henry Klapholz knows how to deliver on a good medical education Read More → Why We Need Veterinarians in the Policy World Mar 9, 2020 Large Image Two Cummings School alums are spending 2020 in government fellowships focused on One Health Read More → Tufts in the News Feb 28, 2020 Today.com Can Dogs Get Coronavirus? Cummings School professor Jonathan Runstadler comments on the likelihood of dogs contracting the coronavirus. Feb 28, 2020 New York Times The Flaw in Intermittent Fasting The HNRCA’s Alice H. Lichtenstein writes a letter to the editor noting an alternative approach to intermittent fasting in response to a column entitled Intermittent Fasting: Its Benefits and Risks.” Feb 26, 2020 Fortune Are the Houston Astros Irredeemable Cheaters? Or Are They All of Us? Psychology professor Sam Sommers delves into research on the psychology of cheating to examine the latest Major League Baseball scandal involving the Houston Astros. Feb 24, 2020 CommonWealth Magazine New Center Aims to Shed LightThrough Dataon State Policy Tisch College’s Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA) executive director Evan Horowitz discusses the newly launched center, which will provide real-time analysis of legislation, state policies, and ballot questions in Massachusetts. View All News Releases Mar 4, 2020 Exclusive Analysis: Super Tuesday shakes up the race, youth continue to support Sanders Mar 2, 2020 Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species, study finds Mar 1, 2020 Exclusive Analysis: In South Carolina, young people support Sanders by smaller margin View All Ask the Expert For washing your hands, is it more effective to use soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer? 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