How to Use public health in a Sentence

public health

noun
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  • She got her degree in public health.
  • Public health officials warned of an influenza outbreak.
  • The authors of the study hope public health leaders will use the findings right away.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Profits should not come at the expense of public health.
    — The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
  • But with public health—just as with private health care—trust is a concern.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune Well, 20 May 2024
  • The emergence of Covid-19 and the response to it was the first real impression of public health that many people had.
    — Ashwin Vasan, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But the resurgence of measles hasn’t changed the message from public health officials.
    — History / Elena Conis, TIME, 29 May 2024
  • In recent weeks, gas stoves have been branded by some as a danger — to both public health and the planet — that need to be phased out.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Moutier says this is a public health crisis, pure and simple.
    — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The state has been tracking significant flu outbreaks this month in most of the public health districts in the state.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Speaking of which: Are new mountain trails a boon for recreation and public health in Western towns?
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • That won’t come to an abrupt halt when the federal public health emergency ends May 11.
    — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Hours after the family took her body home, public health officials came for the rest of their birds.
    — Stephanie Nolen Thomas Cristofoletti, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • Back then, Harris supported a public health care option and a Green New Deal.
    — Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • These same towns were bereft of green parks and open spaces, a common determinant of public health.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The federal public health emergency is set to end May 11.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The World Health Organization called it a top threat to global public health.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But the pandemic is a public health crisis, and such crises are part of the reason governments exist.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The treaty, critics say, would allow the WHO to dictate global public health policy.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The national public health emergency is set to expire in May.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • And the projected climate and public health benefits far outweigh costs, the EPA says.
    — Jeff Brady, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The shift will need to be dramatic and draw on lessons and models for financing in sectors like global public health.
    — Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Partisans will look to see where the authors come down on the great public health debates of the last four years: Lockdown or not; masks or no masks; vaccine or anti-vax.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Robb is a post-doctorate fellow at Harvard with a background in public health.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • My mom has a very close relationship with her sister, my auntie, who has a 40-plus-year career as a public health nurse.
    — Marci Alboher, Fortune Well, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Most countries under-utilize taxation as a tool to improve public health, said the WHO.
    — Elina Ganatra, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Low levels of fluoride have been added to drinking water and is considered one of the greatest public health achievements over the past 100 years.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The middle-aged Iowa resident had returned from travel in that region early in October, Iowa public health officials said in a news release.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024

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