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.
  • This is about more than public health.
    — Rasheed Gonga, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
  • And the same thing goes for public health.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
  • And so that’s what public health is in many ways.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Good medicine and wellness are not at odds with good public health.
    — Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Here's what to know about the latest public health alert.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Our public health guidance around what to eat should move on, too.
    — Vishal Khetpal, STAT, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That is a public health crisis.
    — Lila Rose, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There is a lesson in that for modern public health.
    — Jean Paul Laurent, Time, 11 June 2026
  • The question now is whether our public health system will keep up.
    — Nicole Kruegel, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • They were charged with crimes against public health for drug trafficking.
    — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Do cruises pose public health and safety risks?
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Some of those positions have alarmed public health groups.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
  • When companies do well, public health does well.
    — Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Coal’s resurgence would also have public health costs.
    — Kate Hua-Ke Chi, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Why should business leaders care about public health?
    — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In the meantime, alpha-gal is a rare challenge to public health.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • There is no evidence of such a link, public health leaders say.
    — Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Our public health programs are failing the children who need them most.
    — Mehmet Oz, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Those changes can hurt public health and make people more unhappy.
    — Kelly Chen, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
  • And why did public health officials detect it so late?
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • This is not how science—or public health—normally works.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Yet public health guidance still lags decades behind the science.
    — Bret Scher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That’s wreaking havoc on public health.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • So there’s no question that as a boon for public health, the arrangement has stood the test of time.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026
  • This has widespread public health impacts, said Manoogian.
    — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There was no indication of the use of time as a public health control.
    — Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That, ultimately, is what public health is all about.
    — Sharon Gilmartin, STAT, 16 Feb. 2026

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