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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Childhood obesity is one of the most pervasive public health challenges of the 21st century.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Caveat: The city's public health department wants to take time to educate consumers before enforcement gets underway, possibly in 2026, bill co-sponsor Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez tells us.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
This would not only save lives and improve public health but also save hundreds of billions of dollars annually for employers and government healthcare programs.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a former Indiana health care executive who led a $19.4 million fraud scheme involving nursing homes owned by Marion County's public health system.
—Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Caveat: The city's public health department wants to take time to educate consumers before enforcement gets underway, possibly in 2026, bill co-sponsor Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez tells us.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
This would not only save lives and improve public health but also save hundreds of billions of dollars annually for employers and government healthcare programs.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a former Indiana health care executive who led a $19.4 million fraud scheme involving nursing homes owned by Marion County's public health system.
—Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 14 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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