Initiative Aims to Merge Animal and Human Health Science to Benefit Both

Medical and veterinary science are like siblings who have grown apart. But now, there's a flurry of efforts to reunite them. Proponents of this idea, called “one medicine” or “one health,” say that breaking down the walls between the two fields will help fight diseases that jump from animals to humans, such as SARS and avian influenza, and advance both human and animal health.