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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Kennedy was pressed repeatedly on the mixed message he’s delivered on vaccines, which public health experts have said are hampering efforts to contain a growing measles outbreak now in at least 11 states.
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Amanda Seitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Recalls are typically classified by severity, and while not all involve immediate danger, they are carried out as a precaution to protect public health.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Kennedy has since delivered a mixed message on vaccines that public health experts have said are hampering efforts to contain a measles outbreak now in at least 11 states.
—Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The researchers started by examining public health data and found that hevin levels were decreased in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease compared to healthy people of the same age.
—Paul McClure 14, New Atlas, 14 May 2025
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Amanda Seitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Recalls are typically classified by severity, and while not all involve immediate danger, they are carried out as a precaution to protect public health.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Kennedy has since delivered a mixed message on vaccines that public health experts have said are hampering efforts to contain a measles outbreak now in at least 11 states.
—Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The researchers started by examining public health data and found that hevin levels were decreased in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease compared to healthy people of the same age.
—Paul McClure 14, New Atlas, 14 May 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 28 May. 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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