Health Resources

SEPTEMBER 2020​
  • Blood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Healthy Aging Month
  • National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
  • National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
  • National Cholesterol Education Month
  • National Food Safety Education Month
  • National ITP Awareness Month
  • National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
  • National Preparedness Month
  • National Recovery Month
  • National Sickle Cell Month
  • National Yoga Awareness Month
  • Newborn Screening Awareness Month
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  • Pain Awareness Month
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month
  • Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  • Sepsis Awareness Month
  • Sexual Health Awareness Month
  • Sports Eye Safety Month
  • World Alzheimer’s Month
  • Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (third Saturday)
  • National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 6–12)
  • World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)
  • World Sepsis Day (Sept. 13)
  • National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (Sept. 13)
  • National School Backpack Awareness Day (Sept. 16)
  • National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (Sept. 18)
  • Falls Prevention Day (Sept. 24)
  • Sport Purple for Platelets Day (Sept. 25)
  • World Rabies Day (Sept. 28)
  • National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 30)
  • World Heart Day (Sept. 29)
AUGUST 2020​
  • Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • Gastroparesis Awareness Month
  • National Breastfeeding Month
  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1–7)
  • National Health Center Week (Aug. 9–15)
​JULY 2020
  • ​Cord Blood Awareness Month
  • International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month
  • Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
  • National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
  • World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
​JUNE 2020
  • Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
  • Cataract Awareness Month
  • Hernia Awareness Month
  • Men’s Health Month
  • Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
  • National Aphasia Awareness Month
  • National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
  • National Safety Month
  • National Scleroderma Awareness Month
  • Scoliosis Awareness Month
  • National Cancer Survivors Day (June 7)
  • Men’s Health Week (June 10–16)
  • Family Health and Fitness Day (June 13)
  • World Sickle Cell Day (June 19)
  • PTSD Awareness Day (June 27)
  • Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (June 28–July 4)
​MAY 2020
  • ​American Stroke Awareness Month
  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Better Hearing and Speech Month
  • Clean Air Month
  • Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
  • Food Allergy Action Month
  • Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
  • Healthy Vision Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • International Mediterranean Diet Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
  • Mental Health Month
  • National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
  • National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
  • National High Blood Pressure Education Month
  • National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
  • National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
  • National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
  • Ultraviolet Awareness Month
  • National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1–7)
  • North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 3–9)
  • National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 3–9)
  • National Neuropathy Awareness Week (May 4–10)
  • World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)
  • Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 9)
  • National Women’s Health Week (May 10–16)
  • National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 11–17)
  • ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day 2020 (May 12)
  • Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 12–18)
  • National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 13–19)
  • HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
  • National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)
  • World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)
  • World Preeclampsia Day (May 22)
  • National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 27)
  • Don’t Fry Day (May 29)
​APRIL 2020
  • Alcohol Awareness Month
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
  • National Autism Awareness Month
  • National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  • National Donate Life Month
  • National Facial Protection Month
  • National Minority Health Month
  • National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
  • Occupational Therapy Month
  • Oral Cancer Awareness Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month 
  • STD Awareness Month
  • Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • National Minority Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Public Health Week (April 6–12)
  • National Alcohol Screening Day (April 7)
  • Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Day (April 5)
  • World Health Day (April 7)
  • National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 10)
  • National Infertility Awareness Week (April 19–25)
  • Every Kid Healthy Week (April 20–24)
  • World Meningitis Day (April 24)
  • World Immunization Week (April 24–30)
  • National Infant Immunization Week (April 26–May 3)​
​MARCH 2020
  • Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
  • National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Endometriosis Awareness Month
  • National Kidney Month
  • National Nutrition Month
  • National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • Save Your Vision Month
  • Trisomy Awareness Month
  • National Sleep Awareness Week (March 1–7)
  • National School Breakfast Week (March 2–6)
  • Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 8–14)
  • National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
  • World Kidney Day (March 12)
  • World Sleep Day (March 13)
  • National Poison Prevention Week (March 15–21)
  • Brain Awareness Week (March 16–22)
  • National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 20)
  • World Tuberculosis Day (March 24)
  • American Diabetes Alert Day (March 24)
  • Purple Day for epilepsy awareness (March 26)
  • National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (March 30–April 5)
  • National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 30–April 3)
FEBRUARY 2020
  • AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
  • American Heart Month
  • International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
  • National Children’s Dental Health Month
  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
  • African Heritage and Health Week (first week of February)
  • Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (Feb. 3–9)
  • World Cancer Day (Feb. 4)
  • National “Wear Red” Day for women’s heart health (Feb. 7)
  • Give Kids a Smile Day (Feb. 7)
  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb. 7–14)
  • Heart Failure Awareness Week (Feb. 9–15)
  • National Donor Day (Feb. 14)
  • Condom Week (Feb. 14–21)
  • Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week (Feb. 24–March 1)
​JANUARY 2020
  • Cervical Health Awareness Month
  • National Birth Defects Prevention Month
  • National Glaucoma Awareness Month
  • National Radon Action Month
  • National Stalking Awareness Month
  • National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month
  • Thyroid Awareness Month
  • National Folic Acid Awareness Week (Jan. 5–11)
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