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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Los Angeles county public health officials have issued a new warning to pet owners to stop feeding dogs and cats raw pet food after the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in product samples.
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CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
Testing wastewater, including sewage, can help public health officials monitor the spread of viruses and bacteria such as flu and COVID-19, even picking up cases that are symptomless and unreported.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
After serving one term as president and losing his reelection bid to Ronald Reagan, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, founded an eponymous organization in Georgia dedicated to conflict resolution and advancing human rights, public health and democracy around the world.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Relatively high levels of whooping cough, which can be deadly for infants, are also of concern to public health experts.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
Testing wastewater, including sewage, can help public health officials monitor the spread of viruses and bacteria such as flu and COVID-19, even picking up cases that are symptomless and unreported.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
After serving one term as president and losing his reelection bid to Ronald Reagan, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, founded an eponymous organization in Georgia dedicated to conflict resolution and advancing human rights, public health and democracy around the world.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Relatively high levels of whooping cough, which can be deadly for infants, are also of concern to public health experts.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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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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