How to Use public health in a Sentence

public health

noun
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  • 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
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
  • But with public health—just as with private health care—trust is a concern.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune Well, 20 May 2024
  • But the resurgence of measles hasn’t changed the message from public health officials.
    — History / Elena Conis, TIME, 29 May 2024
  • Moutier says this is a public health crisis, pure and simple.
    — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 federal public health emergency is set to end May 11.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The treaty, critics say, would allow the WHO to dictate global public health policy.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The national public health emergency is set to expire in May.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • And the projected climate and public health benefits far outweigh costs, the EPA says.
    — Jeff Brady, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Partisans will look to see where the authors come down on the great public health debates of the last four years: Lockdown or not; masks or no masks; vaccine or anti-vax.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
  • My mom has a very close relationship with her sister, my auntie, who has a 40-plus-year career as a public health nurse.
    — Marci Alboher, Fortune Well, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Most countries under-utilize taxation as a tool to improve public health, said the WHO.
    — Elina Ganatra, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • These changes are good medicine for families, reduce health care costs, good for public health, and for all of our communities.
    — Megan Sandel and Charlotte Bruce, STAT, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Black people make up just 5.7% of doctors in the US, and data shows this shortage is going to cause major public health issues in the near future.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But Title 42 is scheduled to lift May 11 when the White House plans to allow the pandemic public health emergency to expire.
    — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, doctors such as Ijaz are hoping that the current outbreak in the UK can be managed through more effective public health campaigns.
    — David Cox, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Kenya has faced multiple droughts over the last 15 years, causing major food supply and public health issues.
    — Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The Biden administration will soon release a roadmap to transition the US out of the Covid-19 public health emergency, sources say.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As important as the WHA forum is for public health, this year’s summit will once again be missing a crucial voice: Taiwan’s. ...
    — James K. J. Lee, National Review, 28 May 2024
  • On Monday, the councilor from Hyde Park framed the small plastic bottles as posing both littering and public health problems.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The restructuring of the state’s public health system aims to improve Hoosier’s overall health metrics, which in turn will prevent the toll of chronic diseases, Box said.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
  • Palomar operates hospitals in Escondido and Poway and is the largest public health care district in the state.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Alameda County public health officials said this week that wastewater showed an uptick in the virus and urged people to take precautions.
    — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • But like most other American cities, Durham has grappled with a different public health crisis in recent years.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2024

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