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board of health

American  

noun

  1. a government department concerned with public health.


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She presented the plan to the county board of health on June 13, just three days before the weather service issued its first heat advisory for Boulder since 2008.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2022

This decision, with only one opposing vote on the board of health, is terribly misguided.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

The council will meet as the board of health every two weeks to review COVID-19 data and decide if the indoor mask mandate should stay in place.

From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2022

Provincetown board of health chair Stephen Katsurinis remembers asking other public health officials on their daily calls about the outbreak, as he pondered a future of case spikes and renewed masking.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2021

The stuff he scraped off his feet alone would have been enough to get the house condemned by the board of health.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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