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 Department of Child Services will receive $1.1 billion, public health will receive approximately $141 million, and aging services will receive approximately $57 million both years.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In reality, the program is less like a cushy internship and more akin to public health’s version of the CIA.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
It has also frequently been praised as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Probationary employees were also fired at public health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but the Department of Health and Human Services has not released a final number.
—Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
In reality, the program is less like a cushy internship and more akin to public health’s version of the CIA.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
It has also frequently been praised as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Probationary employees were also fired at public health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but the Department of Health and Human Services has not released a final number.
—Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 3 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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