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 university partnered with the Texas Targeted Opioid Response — a state Health and Human Services Commission public health program that uses federal funding to tackle the opioid crisis — to provide the life-saving medication.
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Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Programs in cities like Toronto, Boston, New York, and Vancouver demonstrate the potential for BEPS to drive significant emission reductions, improve energy efficiency, create jobs, and enhance public health.
—Ali Hoss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
So, too, has increasing distrust of public health authorities among libertarians and conservatives, some of whom also frame raw milk as a way to support local producers.
—Natalie Daher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Caron, currently Hennepin County’s public health protection area manager begins the role on Dec. 11.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
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Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Programs in cities like Toronto, Boston, New York, and Vancouver demonstrate the potential for BEPS to drive significant emission reductions, improve energy efficiency, create jobs, and enhance public health.
—Ali Hoss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
So, too, has increasing distrust of public health authorities among libertarians and conservatives, some of whom also frame raw milk as a way to support local producers.
—Natalie Daher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Caron, currently Hennepin County’s public health protection area manager begins the role on Dec. 11.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 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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