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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These rules are set to protect public health, ensure human remains are treated respectfully and prevent disrespectful acts on cemetery grounds.
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
If levels are not reduced, the global cost to public health care systems between 2020 and 2030 could be about $300 billion (approximately $27 billion per year), it has been estimated.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Coming after other recent changes to vaccine policy, many public health experts worry that the administration may now try to remove the ingredient.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Improving public health is what really got us through.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
If levels are not reduced, the global cost to public health care systems between 2020 and 2030 could be about $300 billion (approximately $27 billion per year), it has been estimated.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Coming after other recent changes to vaccine policy, many public health experts worry that the administration may now try to remove the ingredient.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Improving public health is what really got us through.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 31 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 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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