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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That denial of reality — rooted in ignorance and contempt for science — is now official policy, as evidenced by the EPA’s rescinding of its landmark finding that greenhouse gases harm public health.
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James Speyer, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Cené is a professor of medicine and public health at UC San Diego and chief administrative officer and associate chief medical officer for health equity at UC San Diego Health.
—Crystal Cene, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Immigrant advocates on Thursday called on Mecklenburg County officials to tell federal agents that arrests at some places, like public health offices, are out of bounds.
—Ryan Oehrli
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
The same concept may expand to detect other biomarkers, opening new possibilities for public health monitoring.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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James Speyer, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Cené is a professor of medicine and public health at UC San Diego and chief administrative officer and associate chief medical officer for health equity at UC San Diego Health.
—Crystal Cene, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Immigrant advocates on Thursday called on Mecklenburg County officials to tell federal agents that arrests at some places, like public health offices, are out of bounds.
—Ryan Oehrli
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
The same concept may expand to detect other biomarkers, opening new possibilities for public health monitoring.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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