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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Medicare is a public health insurance program for senior citizens.
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Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Paul Gilbert is an associate professor of public health at Santa Clara University.
—Paul Gilbert, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Health concerns Vendors serving food and drinks from carts and makeshift restaurants have sprouted along some of the city’s main thoroughfares, raising public health and local business concerns.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Climate experts have warned that the extreme conditions gripping southeastern Australia are a public health emergency driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Paul Gilbert is an associate professor of public health at Santa Clara University.
—Paul Gilbert, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Health concerns Vendors serving food and drinks from carts and makeshift restaurants have sprouted along some of the city’s main thoroughfares, raising public health and local business concerns.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Climate experts have warned that the extreme conditions gripping southeastern Australia are a public health emergency driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 2 Feb. 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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