public health
noun
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
Examples of public health in a Sentence
a disease that poses a serious threat to public health
She got her degree in public health.
Public health officials warned of an influenza outbreak.
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Hours after the family took her body home, public health officials came for the rest of their birds.
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Stephanie Nolen Thomas Cristofoletti, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
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Stephanie Nolen Thomas Cristofoletti, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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public health
noun
pub·lic health
ˌpəb-lik- 
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
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