public health

Example Sentences

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The former official asked not to be named because they work in public health and don’t want to antagonize the current administration.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Joel Negin, a professor of public health at the University of Sydney, said Australia's measures in 1996 largely worked because they were part of a broad suite of measures implemented "very quickly" after the massacre.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The outbreaks occurred in central Los Angeles, Santa Monica and the unincorporated neighborhood of Willowbrook near Compton, according to public health officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The researchers conclude that public health guidelines in Italy should be updated to include additional tools alongside BMI.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

One type recognizes the importance of other proximate variables besides good institutions, such as public health, soil- and climate-imposed limits on agricultural productivity, and environmental fragility.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond