Special issue of Public Health Reports focuses on the important interface between public health and veterinary medicine for improving human health, animal health, and food safety.

Public Health Reports  (PHR) copublished this special issue with the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME), with 10 articles appearing in PHR on this topic and 20 different articles published simultaneously in JVME's June issue. In addition to these articles, both journals published summaries of three keynote addresses from the 2007 Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges/Association of Schools of Public Health Joint Symposium, which took place in April 2007. The commentaries are authored by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, former Acting Surgeon General Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu, and Dr. Lonnie J. King of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).