New Jersey first state in US to legislate a One Health task force to fight disease transmission from animals to people - How it got started

Author:  Patti Verbana    In:  Rutgers Today webpage

Last month, New Jersey became the first state in the US to legislate a “One Health Task Force,” which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human health, animal health and the earth sciences. The state law is based on the Rutgers One Health Steering Committee, which was started in 2016 by Gloria Bachmann, director of Women's Health Institute at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Amy Papi, a volunteer at the Women's Health Institute and Sona Jasani, an instructor at the Medical School.