In this lesson, you’ve learned that public health professionals have an important responsibility: looking out for the public health. Now you will read how diseases like the West Nile virus, which spread from animals to humans, show the growing importance of collaboration to protect the public against disease.
Click to read Working Together to Improve the Public Health (PDF). After you have read it, answer the following question.
Why do you think it's in the public's best interest for doctors and veterinarians (animal doctors) to share information?