How to Use public health in a Sentence

public health

noun
  • She got her degree in public health.
  • Public health officials warned of an influenza outbreak.
  • The authors of the study hope public health leaders will use the findings right away.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • With these pressures, public health has no choice but to adapt.
    — Caitlin Rivers, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
  • And that the rule will be imposed for reasons that have little to do with a threat to public health.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Profits should not come at the expense of public health.
    — The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
  • What that might mean for public health is still very much an open question.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The goal of public health, of course, is to be preventative.
    — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • For now, Americans are stuck with the CDC as the lead agency for public health.
    — David Axe, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • But with public health—just as with private health care—trust is a concern.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune Well, 20 May 2024
  • The stakes for the environment and for public health are also high.
    — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The emergence of Covid-19 and the response to it was the first real impression of public health that many people had.
    — Ashwin Vasan, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
  • About half of the people living on the island depend on the public health care system.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But the resurgence of measles hasn’t changed the message from public health officials.
    — History / Elena Conis, TIME, 29 May 2024
  • In recent weeks, gas stoves have been branded by some as a danger — to both public health and the planet — that need to be phased out.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Moutier says this is a public health crisis, pure and simple.
    — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The state has been tracking significant flu outbreaks this month in most of the public health districts in the state.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 31 Oct. 2022
  • This keeps us lonely at a time when the loneliness public health crisis is at an all-time high.
    — Priya Vulchi, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Speaking of which: Are new mountain trails a boon for recreation and public health in Western towns?
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • That won’t come to an abrupt halt when the federal public health emergency ends May 11.
    — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Bird flu has been found in samples of raw milk, leading to recalls of the product over public health concerns.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Hours after the family took her body home, public health officials came for the rest of their birds.
    — Stephanie Nolen Thomas Cristofoletti, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • The rules, which took effect Jan. 14, are essentially the same as those set in last year’s public health order.
    — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Such deaths have been a rarity in the public health emergency.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Back then, Harris supported a public health care option and a Green New Deal.
    — Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Perhaps the biggest question is what homemade drugs would mean for public health.
    — Jim Crotty, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022
  • President Trump first declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in 2017.
    — Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025

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