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public health

NOUN
community health
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Investigator Prof James Goulding, from Nottingham University, said there was a real public health education opportunity here and highlighted the lack of research into period pain relief.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Anyone who may have been exposed to measles should first determine whether they have been vaccinated against measles by checking their immunization records, the public health department advised.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

"The public health potential here is significant," says Janda.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Aid returning to Ituri with Ebola-specific funding would be more effective if public health aid simply hadn’t left in the first place.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

One recommended improvements to the public health office, while another suggested that the fever had been imported from the West Indies by French immigrants.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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