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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Active conflict and disrupted public health systems present prime opportunities for disease resurgence.
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s newest political ally, anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said last week that the nominee has asked him to oversee changes at the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and other public health agencies.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
The news comes as public health experts are concerned about a puzzling case of H5 bird flu in a person in Missouri, who had underlying medical conditions but no known exposure to animals.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
Celia Scott Weatherhead, a longtime Tulane University donor who has given the university more than $160 million, was announced as the new namesake of Tulane's expanding school of public health, according to school officials.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s newest political ally, anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said last week that the nominee has asked him to oversee changes at the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and other public health agencies.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
The news comes as public health experts are concerned about a puzzling case of H5 bird flu in a person in Missouri, who had underlying medical conditions but no known exposure to animals.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
Celia Scott Weatherhead, a longtime Tulane University donor who has given the university more than $160 million, was announced as the new namesake of Tulane's expanding school of public health, according to school officials.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 6 Oct. 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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