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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Thousands of federal employees across the HHS earlier this month in what the Trump administration has described as a sweeping reorganization of the agency responsible for public health, food safety, and medical research.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Major public health organizations including the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others have updated their guidance, now stating that no level of alcohol consumption is truly safe.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, whether alcohol retailers should have exclusive rights to sell cannabis depends on balancing consumer safety, market fairness, and public health considerations.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
President Trump on Friday swore in Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), granting the former TV host vast influence over the nation’s largest public health insurance program.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Major public health organizations including the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others have updated their guidance, now stating that no level of alcohol consumption is truly safe.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, whether alcohol retailers should have exclusive rights to sell cannabis depends on balancing consumer safety, market fairness, and public health considerations.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
President Trump on Friday swore in Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), granting the former TV host vast influence over the nation’s largest public health insurance program.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 7 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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