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Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.
Harold E. Varmus

Meaning of "Public Health Service" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Public Health Service  [ˈpʌblɪk helθ ˈsɜːvɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

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Public Health Service is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

United States Public Health Service

The Public Health Service Act of 1944 structured the United States Public Health Service, founded 1798, as the primary division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, , which later became the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 1979-1980,. The Office of the Surgeon General was created in 1871. The PHS comprises all Agency Divisions of Health and Human Services and the Commissioned Corps. The Assistant Secretary for Health oversees the PHS and the United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps.

Definition of Public Health Service in the English dictionary

The definition of Public Health Service in the dictionary is the agency that is responsible for the health of the general public.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE


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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

advice
civil service
community service
customer service
dating service
express delivery service
funeral service
health service
in-service
information service
memorial service
military service
news service
pizza delivery service
public service
refuse disposal service
room service
secret service
self-service
shuttle service
social service

Synonyms and antonyms of Public Health Service in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Public Health Service» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Find out the translation of Public Health Service to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Public Health Service from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Public Health Service» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公共卫生服务
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Servicio de Salud Pública
570 millions of speakers

English

Public Health Service
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य सेवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دائرة الصحة العامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Служба общественного здравоохранения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Serviço de Saúde Pública
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাবলিক হেলথ সার্ভিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Service de santé publique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkhidmatan Kesihatan Awam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Public Health Service
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公衆衛生局
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보건 서비스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layanan Kesehatan Masyarakat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Dịch vụ Y tế công cộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது சுகாதார சேவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक आरोग्य सेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Halk Sağlığı Servisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Public Health Service
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Publiczna służba zdrowia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Служба громадської охорони здоров´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Serviciul de Sanatate Publica
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Δημόσια Υπηρεσία Υγείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

GGD
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Public Health Service
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Public Health Service
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Public Health Service

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE»

The term «Public Health Service» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.978 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Public Health Service» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Public Health Service» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Public Health Service

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QUOTES WITH «PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Public Health Service.
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Harold E. Varmus
Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE»

Discover the use of Public Health Service in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Public Health Service and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dental Amalgam: A Scientific Review and Recommended Public ...
Contents: perspectives on dental caries prevention and tooth restoration; highlights of the report; amalgam use and benefits; amalgam risks; alternatives; selection of a dental restorative material; policies on dental amalgam; research; ...
James S. Benson, 1999
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Government and Public Health in America
Government and Public Health in America provides an illuminating look at the complicated forces that created these institutions and provokes discussion about their usefulness in the future.
Ronald Hamowy, 2008
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Federal personnel Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ...
GAO. Comments. 1. We believe our analysis appropriately compares Corps officers in six key health care professions with their counterparts among federal civil service employees. We based our analysis on an equivalency table supplied by ...
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The Sanitarians: A History of American Public Health
Aided by an extensive range of photographs and illustrations, the author shows how the various properties of sand and its location in the earths crust are diagnostic clues to understanding the dynamics of the earth's surface.
John Duffy, 1992
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Action Plan for Women's Health Public Health Service
The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) has reaffirmed women's health as a national public health priority. The achievements of the past decade have provided a solid foundation to sustain and advance the public health effort to improve the ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1995
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Public Health 101
Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood. BOX 11-1 Important Insurance Terms cap —A limit on the total amount that the insurance will pay for a service per year, per benefit period, or per lifetime. copayment—An amount that the insured is ...
Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood, 2014
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Information Dissemination in the Public Health Service
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE INTRODUCTION One important aspect of the relationships between research and services in federal agencies is the process by which new research findings and treatment ...
‎1991
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Block Grants in the Public Health Service
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). new allocation system over a four-year period beginning in FY 1989. States with young, urban populations are to receive a greater share of the available funds in order to direct more money to areas of the country ...
Institute of Medicine (U.S.), 1991
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Review of the Public Health Service's Response to AIDS
HOW. ADEQUATE. ARE. PHS'S. RESOURCES. DEVOTED. TO. AIDS. PREVENTION. AND. TREATMENT? to share virus culture with CDC, and Secretary Hecklerfs announcement of the discovery of the etiologic agent for AIDS could have ...
‎1985
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Nutrition in Public Health
In order to accomplish these three primary elements of public health nutrition, the U.S. Public Health Service has delineated 10 Essential Public Health Service Functions, as listed below.2 Each of these 10 elements will assist the reader in ...
Sari Edelstein, 2010

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Public Health Service is used in the context of the following news items.
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White House Takes Huge Step Forward In Fight Over Marijuana …
By eliminating the Public Health Service review requirement, the Department of Health and Human Services will help facilitate research into the drug. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
2
Liberia: Monrovia Medical Unit Decommissioned - President Sirleaf …
Liberia: Monrovia Medical Unit Decommissioned - President Sirleaf Thanked the U.S. Public Health Service (ushps) Commission Corps for Their Services to ... «AllAfrica.com, May 15»
3
The Nation's Doctor: Dr. Vivek Murthy Is Confirmed as Surgeon …
On top of overseeing 6,700 members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the Surgeon General is also the Chair of the National Prevention ... «The White House, Dec 14»
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For Health Care Workers Fighting Ebola, the Biggest Battle Is …
On Friday, a 25-bed hospital built by the U.S. military and staffed by the U.S. Public Health Service will open in Liberia's capital, Monrovia. Dedicated to the care ... «Newsweek, Nov 14»
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US uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia
While the 6,800-member U.S. Public Health Service is not technically part of the armed forces, its members look very much like military personnel, wearing ... «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
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Seeking Unity, US Revises Ebola Monitoring Rules
But the C.D.C. do not have the power to police internal public health matters, so it ... general, welcomed a 65-member United States Public Health Service team. «New York Times, Oct 14»
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US Ebola fighters head to Africa, but will the military and civilian …
Many are volunteers with nonprofit organizations or the government, including uniformed doctors and nurses from the little-known U.S. Public Health Service. «Washington Post, Oct 14»
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FACT SHEET: US Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is preparing to deploy 65 Commissioned Corps officers to Liberia to manage and staff a ... «Whitehouse.gov, Sep 14»
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Studies show 'dark chapter' of medical research
October 1, 2010 6:08 p.m. EDT. The Public Health Service took photographs during the Tuskegee syphilis study, but no captions remain. This is one of them. «CNN International, Oct 10»

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