A New Era of One Health With the recent coronavirus pandemic, veterinary medicine has gained increasing recognition for contributing to human and environmental health. UC Davis is leading the way. While the COVID-19 pandemic provides a prime example of why a One Health approach is critical to protecting the well-being of people, animals and their shared environment, UC Davis veterinary clinicians and researchers have many successful examples of collaborating with their colleagues in human medicine, biology and engineering to achieve breakthroughs.