New Jersey has become the first state to legislate a One Health Task Force, which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human, animal health and Earth sciences.
Dina Fonseca, director of the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology and entomologist, said the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for scientists to address how humans, animals and the environment affect each other and to develop protocols to stop diseases from transmitting from animals to humans.
She said the idea of the task force is to facilitate communication. Fonseca talked about how she works with insects that affect humans like ticks and mosquitoes. A few years back there was a new tick detected in New Jersey that transmitted diseases to livestock, she said. But Fonseca said she didn t know who to talk to about it because she didn t know anyone in the agricultural community.
NJ creates first task force addressing animal-to-human outbreaks
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Rutgers Inspires Task Force to Fight Disease Transmission from Animals to People
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