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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Little more than a century later, life expectancy had dramatically increased to seventy nine years—all due to a better understanding of microscopic germs as the cause of infectious diseases, public health measures, and the discovery and application of antibiotics.
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Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Here are a few of the biggest ways public health agencies have improved people’s health.
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Only scientists and public health officials can determine, after thorough investigation, whether a vaccine caused or contributed to a side effect submitted to the system, according to the CDC website.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In Boise, flu shots are available at health provider offices, pharmacies and through Central District Health, the area’s public health district.
—Sara Schilling, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
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Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Here are a few of the biggest ways public health agencies have improved people’s health.
—Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Only scientists and public health officials can determine, after thorough investigation, whether a vaccine caused or contributed to a side effect submitted to the system, according to the CDC website.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In Boise, flu shots are available at health provider offices, pharmacies and through Central District Health, the area’s public health district.
—Sara Schilling, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public health
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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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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