Investigators are searching for a man who fired a gun early Friday morning outside a pizza shop in Medford, Massachusetts. Surveillance video captured the terrifying incident playing out…
Read more Gunman sought after opening fire outside Medford pizza shop near Tufts UniversityTufts University suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine last week, but the group nevertheless held a demonstration on campus Monday, the one-year anniversary of Hamas’…
Read more Pro-Palestinian Tufts student group demonstrates on Oct. 7 despite suspensionBOSTON (AP) — A dozen Tufts University men’s lacrosse players have been diagnosed with a rare muscle injury after participating in a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout that the…
Read more 12 Tufts Lacrosse Players All Get Rare, Life-Threatening Injury After 45-Minute WorkoutFive Tufts University men’s lacrosse players remain hospitalized following a recent workout led by a graduate of a Navy SEAL training program, according to a spokesman for the…
Read more Multiple Tufts men’s lacrosse players still hospitalized following workoutNewswise — Contrary to how it may seem, most viruses do not want to kill their hosts. “They want to hang out as long as possible, make more…
Read more Fighting Viruses that Cause CancerNewswise — On paper, Powassan virus sounds like your basic nightmare. A tick-borne infection with no vaccine and no cure, it kills 1 in 10 people who get…
Read more Powassan Virus: What to Know about this Rare Tick-Borne DiseaseBYLINE: By Angela Nelson, Tufts Now Newswise — Under overcast skies that stood no chance of clouding the celebratory tone of the day, hundreds of faculty, staff, students,…
Read more Tufts President Sunil Kumar Aims to Spread the Light Beyond the HillBYLINE: By Laura Ferguson, Tufts Now Newswise — President Sunil Kumar welcomed members of the Class of 2027 to Tufts on August 30, encouraging them to take full…
Read more Tufts Welcomes the Undergraduate Class of 2027Newswise — Around the country, non-profits and local governments are testing the idea of food as medicine through “produce prescription programs”—with promising results, according to researchers from the…
Read more Produce Prescription Programs Yield Positive Health Benefits for Participants, Study FindsNewswise — Caroline Genco, an established academic leader and a highly regarded immunologist with an active biomedical research program, has been named provost and senior vice president at…
Read more A Conversation with Caroline Genco, Tufts’ New Provost and Senior Vice PresidentNewswise — A research model of dietary intake in 184 countries, developed by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, estimates that…
Read more Study Links Poor Diet to 14 Million Cases of Type 2 Diabetes GloballyNewswise — A diet rich in whole grains, which are naturally high in fiber, is associated with lowering a person’s risk for various health problems. Overall, Americans are…
Read more Are Americans Eating Enough Whole Grains? It Depends on Who You AskNewswise — The idea that what we eat directly affects our health is ancient; Hippocrates recognized this as far back as 400 B.C. But, identifying healthier foods in…
Read more Tufts University Researchers Find Link Between Foods Scored Higher By New Nutrient Profiling System and Better Long-Term Health OutcomesTomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that could end America’s experiment with affirmative action in higher education. The challenges to the admissions programs…
Read more The College-Admissions Merit MythNewswise — A group of bats is often called a colony. But did you know it’s also referred to as a cauldron? With that kind of language, it’s…
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