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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According to public health officials, at least two former passengers are quarantining at home in Georgia; three in California, where a fourth person, who was not a passenger but was exposed to an ill passenger aboard an airplane, is also in quarantine.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing, for instance, high-resolution footage of the assassination collected millions of views online, alarming public health experts.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
But public health experts say this isn’t like the early days of COVID, when cruise ships were ground zero for outbreaks and hospitals were overwhelmed with sick patients doctors weren’t sure how to treat.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
One point public health officials have repeatedly emphasized is that hantavirus normally infects people who come into contact with urine or droppings from infected rats.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing, for instance, high-resolution footage of the assassination collected millions of views online, alarming public health experts.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
But public health experts say this isn’t like the early days of COVID, when cruise ships were ground zero for outbreaks and hospitals were overwhelmed with sick patients doctors weren’t sure how to treat.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
One point public health officials have repeatedly emphasized is that hantavirus normally infects people who come into contact with urine or droppings from infected rats.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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 16 May. 2026.
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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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