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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These mandates date back decades, and are considered a foundational bulwark of public health defense against infectious disease.
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Kerry Sheridan, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
The Oak Park community united earlier this month to devise a plan to address public health in the absence of the hospital.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Treating these disorders has an enormous impact on public health that is entirely separate from their potential later association with developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
—Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
We are being told by our county public health authorities to not have any standing water on our properties because they can be used by mosquitoes to breed.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Kerry Sheridan, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
The Oak Park community united earlier this month to devise a plan to address public health in the absence of the hospital.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Treating these disorders has an enormous impact on public health that is entirely separate from their potential later association with developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
—Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
We are being told by our county public health authorities to not have any standing water on our properties because they can be used by mosquitoes to breed.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for public health
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“Public health.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health. Accessed 2 May. 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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