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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The agency was created in 1970 in the wake of growing concern about the impact of industrial and agricultural pollution on public health across the country.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
As rural school districts wait for funding, the buildings continue to deteriorate, posing public health and safety risks to students, teachers and staff.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025
Cutting this funding is harmful to future generations’ public health.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Among the most significant changes the agency has proposed is a reconsideration of a 2009 finding that determined greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health—a finding that laid the foundation for much of the work the EPA has been able to do in the last 15 years.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
As rural school districts wait for funding, the buildings continue to deteriorate, posing public health and safety risks to students, teachers and staff.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025
Cutting this funding is harmful to future generations’ public health.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Among the most significant changes the agency has proposed is a reconsideration of a 2009 finding that determined greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health—a finding that laid the foundation for much of the work the EPA has been able to do in the last 15 years.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 14 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 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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