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public health

noun

health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.

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public-health adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of public health¹

First recorded in 1610–20

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This ever worsening public health and safety emergency demands immediate life-saving action.

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The Nimbus subvariant has also been increasing since May in California, the state Department of Public Health said in an email to the Los Angeles Times.

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While viral concentrations remain relatively low, Los Angeles County has observed an increase in coronavirus levels in sewage, the local Department of Public Health told The Times.

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“Future seasonal increases in disease levels are likely,” the California Department of Public Health said in an email to The Times Friday.

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There were still low rates of COVID-19 illness in San Francisco, the local Department of Public Health said.

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public goods public health inspector

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