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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A number of nutrition and public health experts were shocked by the new guidelines omitting clear recommendations for alcohol.
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Nicolás Maduro had long been accused of facilitating large-scale narcotics trafficking into the United States, with grave consequences for American security and public health.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The facility uses time as a public health control for items held for service in steam table, but there was indication that the food was being properly tracked.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
In response to the feedback, the city agreed to add a public health investigator position as well as an analyst to create a public dashboard for residential health complaints and citations.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Nicolás Maduro had long been accused of facilitating large-scale narcotics trafficking into the United States, with grave consequences for American security and public health.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The facility uses time as a public health control for items held for service in steam table, but there was indication that the food was being properly tracked.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
In response to the feedback, the city agreed to add a public health investigator position as well as an analyst to create a public dashboard for residential health complaints and citations.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 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 13 Jan. 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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