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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But public health advocates and several former advisers said the panel ignored extensive evidence and expert pleas to maintain the universal recommendation.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The move overturns that guidance, which has been credited with driving down infections in children by 99% since it was first introduced three decades ago and is widely considered to be a public health success story.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
Thin rice noodles on the service table were missing documentation indicating time as a public health control.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Palomar is the main medical provider in inland North County and is the largest public health care district in the state.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The move overturns that guidance, which has been credited with driving down infections in children by 99% since it was first introduced three decades ago and is widely considered to be a public health success story.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
Thin rice noodles on the service table were missing documentation indicating time as a public health control.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Palomar is the main medical provider in inland North County and is the largest public health care district in the state.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 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 8 Dec. 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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