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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At the same time, President Trump was invoking a public health rule known as Title 42 to turn away large numbers of asylum seekers entering the country illegally.
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The City Council in Long Beach, California, voted Tuesday to ratify a local public health emergency order after an outbreak of tuberculosis sickened several people.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 May 2024
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
The City Council in Long Beach, California, voted Tuesday to ratify a local public health emergency order after an outbreak of tuberculosis sickened several people.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 May 2024
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 12 May. 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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