Health Holidays

There are many Health Holidays and Observances, or Health Awareness Days / Months / Weeks to bring attention and awareness to different health issues and diseases throughout the year.  This page, will summarize them by month, and then ultimately, we will have a devoted page, or more for each of the different Health Holidays and Observances.

I think that most families these days, have some issues going on.  In our family, we have allergies, chemical sensitivity issues, one person is currently fighting cancer, two people are diagnosed with the auto-immune disease Lupus, one has an unexplained stomach issue that has stumped multiple doctors, we have a wonderful autistic young man in the family, we have thin people, and those like myself that could stand to lose a few pounds.  Our Dad has had skin cancer on his nose several times, and Our Mom has COPD and her heart gets out of rhythm periodically. The doctors have had to stop her heart once, and then restart it.  At some point or another, Stress has reared it's ugly head for most of us in our family, causing High Blood Pressure to be an issue for some. Some of us have dealt with school bullies and work place bullies.

It is hard to find a family that is not affected by some type of health issues. The hardest for me to see is when children are involved. All of these Health Awareness Days are great to learn more, educate others, and find moral support and tips that can help for the issues you might be dealing with. If you have time or money to help, there are lots of great Non Profit Organizations out there!

I'm of the conviction these days, and maybe because I help my sister Kerry, with her Healthy Diet Habits website, that Nutrition has a lot to do with our Health these days. If you are overweight, or obese, please check out the great information that Kerry has put together about Health Weight Problems on her Healthy Diet Habits website.

Personally, because I'm chemical sensitive, thanks to Formaldehyde Poisoning exposure at my former workplace, I try and buy everything I can Organic. My Dad pushes me to get a Flu Shot every year, and this last year, I told him that due to Formaldehyde being an ingredient in the Flu Shot, that I can't ever get one.

I'm mostly Vegetarian, and don't eat red, although I do eat fish or seafood a couple times a week, and occasionally Organic chicken or turkey.  I think that the Chemicals and Growth Hormones, and Genetically Modified Foods that are so prevalent these days, are behind a lot of the increase in Health issues these days, so the cleaner you can eat the better.

The medicines that we are given to deal with Health issues, often have so many side effects themselves, and many of them can be addictive. I try and avoid them when possible, and look for Natural, Holistic remedies and cures. 

Health Awareness Days

Below, listed by month are the Health Holidays and Observances, that we are aware of so far. There may a few duplicates or incorrect dates, there may be some that we have left off that we will add as we find them, and there are some that are similar, but have different Sponsor Organizations that started the Observances, that may have different approaches and info. As we delve into all the details, we will fix any issues.

Ultimately, there will be a devoted page done for each of the different Health Holidays and Observances.  As pages are completed, they will be linked up below, as well as in our Daily Holiday pages, our Holidays by Month pages, and our Holidays and Observances Alphabetical Listing (Page 1 is A Holidays - Each letter of the alphabet now has it's own page) 

January 2025 Health Holidays

January Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Celebration of Life Month
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• Dry January (Avoiding Alcohol)
• Eye Care Month
• Family Fit Lifestyle Month
• Get Ireland Active (Ireland)
  
• International Quality of Life Month
  
• Little Things Mental Health Campaign
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National CBD Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Physiotherapy Month
• National Pre-Pregnancy Awareness Month
• National Radon Action Month
• National Staying Healthy Month
• National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
• Receding Gums Awareness Month
• Self-Help Group Awareness Month
• Self-Love Month
• Shape Up US Month
• Start Child Health Campaign (Ireland)
• Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking - (TANYRSS) - December 17 - February 5
• Thyroid Disease Awareness Month
• Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Veganuary

January 2025 Weekly Holidays and Observances: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Cancertalk Week - January 20-24, 2025 (U.K.)
• Celebration of Life Week - January 1-7 
• Diet Resolution Week - January 1-7
• European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week - January 20-26, 2025
• Healthy Weight Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Third Week in January)
• National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Last Full Week in January)
• National Medical Group Practice Week - January 27-31, 2025 (M-F week that starts on Fourth Monday in January )
  
• National Obesity Awareness Week - January 10-16, 2025 (U.K.)
• Sugar Awareness Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Third Work Week of January)

January 2025 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• International Mind-Body Wellness Day - January 3
• National Weigh-In Day - January 6, 2025 (First Monday after New Year's)
• Take the Stairs Day - January 8, 2025 (Every Second Wednesday in January)
• Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day - January 9, 2025 (Second Thursday in January)
• Paget's Awareness Day - January 11 (Bone Disease)
• National Kettlebell Day - January 12
• National Pharmacist Day - January 12
• Psychiatric Technician's Day - January 16
• Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day - January 21, 2025 (Third Tuesday in January)
• National Sanctity of Human Life Day - January 18
• Brew a Potion Day - January 19
• Good Memory Day - January 19
• Women's Healthy Weight Day - January 23, 2025 (the Thursday of the Third Full Week of January)
• World Leprosy Day - January 30

February 2025 Health Holidays

February Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• AMD / Low Vision Awareness Month
• American Heart Month
• International Boost Self Esteem Month
• International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
• Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
• Marijuana Awareness Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
• National Children's Dental Health Month
• National Condom Month
• National Heart Healthy Month
• National Senior Independence Month
• National Therapeutic Recreation Month
• National Wise Health Consumer Month
• Relationship Wellness Month
• Spunky Old Broads Month
• Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking - (TANYRSS) - December 17 - February 5
• Wise Health Consumer Month

February 2025 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• African Heritage & Health Week - February 1-7
• Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Staff Education Week - February 14-21
• Burn Awareness Week - February 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in February)
• Children of Alcoholics Week - February 9-15, 2025 (Second Full Week)
• Children's Mental Health Week (U.K) - February 3-9, 2025 (First Full Week in February) 
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week - February 7-14 
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week - February 13-19
• Feeding Tube Awareness Week - February 2-6, 2025 (During the First Week in February for 5 Days)
• Heart Failure Awareness Week - February 9-15, 2025 (Week of Valentine's Day)
• National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week - February 9-15, 2025 (Second Week of February)
• National Condom Week - February 14-21
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week - February 24 - March 2, 2025 
• National Patient Recognition Week - February 1-7
• National Sauna Week - February 16-22, 2025 (Last Full Week of February)
• National School Counseling Week - February 3-7, 2025 (First Full  M-F Week in February)
• NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week - February 14-21
• Tinnitus Awareness Week - February 3-9, 2025
• Women's Heart Week - February 1-7

February 2025 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• CBD Day - February 1
• Lung Leavin' Day - February 1, 2025 (First Saturday in February)
• National Wear Red Day - February 1
• World Aspergillosis Day - February 1
• Rheumatoid Awareness Day - February 2
• National Patient Recognition Day - February 3
• National Sickie Day (United Kingdom) - February 3, 2025 (First Monday in February)
• National Women Physicians Day - February 3
• World Cancer Day - February 4
• Feast of St. Agatha - February 5
• Time to Talk Day - February 6
• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - February 7
• National Women's Heart Day - February 7, 2025 (First Friday in February - Also Known as National Wear Red Day)
• Autism Sunday - also known as International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome - February 9, 2025 (Second Sunday in February)
• National Develop Alternative Vices Day - February 9
• National Stop Bullying Day - February 9
• National Toothache Day - February 9
• Children's Hospice Day (Germany) - February 10
• International Epilepsy Day - February 10, 2025 (Second Monday in February)
• World Day of the Sick - February 11
• Self-Love Day - February 13
• National Condom Awareness Day - February 14
• National Donor Day - February 14
• National Impotence Day - February 14
• World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day - February 14
• World Sound Healing Day - February 14
• Angelman Syndrome Day - February 15
• International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day - February 15
• World Cholangiocarcinoma Day - February 20, 2025
• National Caregivers Day - February 21, 2025 (Third Friday in February)
• National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day - February 22
• Let's All Eat Right Day - February 25
• Anosmia Awareness Day - February 27
• International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day - February 28
• Rare Disease Day - February 28, 2025 (Last Day of February)

March 2025 Health Holidays

March Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
• American Diabetes Alert Month
• American Red Cross Month
• Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Colic Awareness Month
• Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
• Deaf History Month (March 13 - April 15)
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
• Endometriosis Month 
• Hemophilia Month
• Kidney Month
• Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
• Mental Retardation Awareness Month
• National Athletic Trainers Month
• National Breast Implant Awareness Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
• National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
• National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
• National Eye Donor Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
• National Professional Social Worker's Month
• Red Cross Month
• Rosacea Awareness Month
• Save Your Vision Month
• Trisomy Awareness Month
  
• Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
• Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month

March 2025 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Autism Acceptance Week - March 24-30, 2025
• Brain Awareness Week - March 10-16, 2025 (Second Week of March)
• Dental Assistant Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• Down's Syndrome Awareness Week - March 15-21
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 4-19
  
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• International Brain Awareness Week - March 10-16, 2025
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week - March 23-29, 2025 (Last Week in March)
• MS Awareness Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Second Full Week of March)
• National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week - March 1-6
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
• National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week - March 17-23, 2025
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week - March 16-22, 2025 (Third Week of March)
• National Physicians Week - March 25-31
  
• National Poison Prevention Week - March 16-22, 2025 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Third Week of March) 
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• National Sleep Awareness Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Week before daylight savings time)
• Patient Safety Awareness Week - March 9-15, 2025
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week - March 9-13, 2025 (Starting the second Sunday in March for 6 days) 
• Save Your Vision Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• Tick Bite Prevention Week (United Kingdom) - March 24-30
• Wellderly Week - March 17-21, 2025 (Five Days Starting on the Third Monday in March)
• World Glaucoma Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Second Full Week of March)

March 2025 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• Disability Day of Mourning - March 1
• Endometriosis Awareness Day - March 1
  
• Self-Injury Awareness Day - March 1
• World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2
• Global Omega-3 Day - March 3
• International Ear Care Day - March 3
• World Birth Defects Day - March 3
• World Hearing Day - March 3
• Brain Injury Awareness Day - March 4
• HPV Awareness Day - March 4
• World Obesity Day - March 4
• National Multiple Personality Day - March 5
• Dentist Day - March 6
• National Hospitalist Day - March 6, 2025 (First Thursday in March)
• Dress in Blue Day - March 7, 2025 (First Friday in March) (Set up in 2009 by The Colon Cancer Alliance to bring National awareness to Colon Cancer)
• False Teeth Day - March 9
• National Napping Day - March 10, 2025 (Monday after Daylight Savings Starts)
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - March 10
• COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day - March 11
• National Immune System Day - March 11
• Wash Your Nose Day - March 11
• No Smoking Day (U.K.) - March 12, 2025 (Second Wednesday in March)
• Registered Dietitian Day - March 12, 2025 (Second Wednesday in March)
• World Glaucoma Day - March 12
• IUGR Awareness Day - March 13 (IUGR = Intrauterine Growth Restriction)
• World Kidney Day - March 13, 2025 (Second Thursday in March)
• Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day - March 17, 2025 (Third Monday in March)
• Goddess of Fertility Day - March 18
• Kick Butts Day - March 19, 2025 (Third Wednesday in March) (Cigarette Butts that is!)
• National Close the Gap Day (Australia) - March 20, 2025 (Third Thursday in March)
• World Behavior Analysis Day - March 20
• World Oral Health Day - March 20
• Brain Injury Awareness Day - March 21
• World Down Syndrome Day - March 21
• As Young As You Feel Day - March 22
• Endometriosis March Day - March 22, 2025 (Fourth Saturday in March)
• National Water Day - March 22
• World Water Day - March 22
• National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day - March 24
• World Tuberculosis Day - March 24
• American Diabetes Association Alert Day - March 25, 2025 (Fourth Tuesday in March)
• National Cerebral Palsy Day - March 25
• National Michele Shafer Half-Moon Cookie Day - March 25
• Purple Day - (Supporting Epilepsy Around the World) - March 26
• Wear a Hat Day - March 26
• National Medical Science Liaison Awareness and Appreciation Day - March 27
• National Doctors Day - March 30
• National Fitness Recovery Day - March 30
• Terri's Day - March 31 (In Honor of Terri Schindler Schiavo)

We are Currently Updating 2025 Movable Dates

April 2024 Health Holidays

April Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Cancer Control Month
• Cesarean Awareness Month
• Counseling Awareness Month
• Deaf History Month (March 13 - April 15)
• Defeat Diabetes Month
• Emotional Overeating Awareness Month (See Kerry's get section on Emotional Eating on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month
• Global Child Nutrition Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
• Listening Awareness Month
• Move More Month
• National African American Women's Fitness Month
• National Anxiety Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Foot Health Awareness Month
• National Minority Health Month
• National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
• National Occupational Therapy Month
• National Parkinson's Awareness Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)'s Education and Awareness Month
• National Sjogren's Syndrome Awareness Month
• National STD Awareness Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
• Physical Wellness Month
• Rosacea Awareness Month
• Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
• STI Awareness Month (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
• Stress Awareness Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month

April 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Canadian Immunization Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April) 
• Every Kid Healthy Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Monday - Friday of Last Full Week in April)
• Fibroid Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week in April)
• Health Information Professionals Week - April 18-24, 2024
• Medication Safety Week - April 1-7
  
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week - April 21-27, 2024
• National Dental Hygienist Week - April 4-10
• National Infant Immunization Week - April 23-29, 2023 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Infertility Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Medic Alert Week - April 7-13, 2024 (First Full Week of April)
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - April 21-27, 2024  (Last Full Week of April)
• National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week - April 16-22, 2024
  
• National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week of April)
• National Osteopathic Medicine Week - April 18-24, 2024
• National Playground Safety Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Last Monday - Friday week in April)
• National Public Health Week - April 7-13, 2024 (First Full Week in April)
• National Youth Violence Prevention Week - April 22-24, 2024
• Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week - April 16-22, 2024
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Week - April 1-7
• World Immunization Week - April 24-30

April 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• Lupus Alert Day - April 1
  
• National Sexual Assault Awareness Month's Day of Action - April 2, 2024 (First Tuesday of April)
• World Autism Acceptance Day - April 2
• World Autism Awareness Day - April 2 (Check out Kerry's Pregnancy and Autism section on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• Victims of Violence Holy Day - April 4
• Vitamin C Day - April 4
• Accelerate ACL Awareness Among Young Women Day - April 5
• Hospital Admitting Clerks Day - April 5, 2024 (First Friday in April)
• Drowsy Driver Awareness Day - April 6
• Sexual Assault Awareness Day of Action - April 7
• World Health Day - April 7
• World Health Organization Day - April 7
• International ASMR Day - April 9 (ASMR = Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)
• National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day - April 10
• National Alcohol Screening Day - April 11, 2024
• World Parkinson's Disease Day - April 11
• National Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day - April 12, 2024
• Baby Massage Day - April 13, 2024 (Second Saturday in April)
• International FND Awareness Day - April 13 (FND = Functional Neurological Disorder)
• Children with Alopecia Day - April 14
• Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse - April 14, 2024 (Second Sunday in April)
• Pathologists Assistant Day - April 14
  
• National Healthcare Decisions Day - April 16
• National Stress Awareness Day - April 16
• Herbalist Day - April 17
• World Hemophilia Day - April 17
• Adult Autism Day - April 18
• College Student Grief Awareness Day - April 18, 2024 (Third Thursday in April)
• National D.A.R.E. Day - April 18, 2024 (Third Thursday in April)
• Blue & Green Day - April 19, 2024 (Third Friday in April except Good Friday)
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day - April 19
• Healthy Kids Day - April 20, 2024 (Check out Kerry's Healthy Kids section on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• National Surprise Drug Test Day - April 21
• World Laboratory Day - April 23
• World Meningitis Day - April 24
• DNA Day - April 25
• Malaria Awareness Day - April 25
• World Malaria Day - April 25
• Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day - April 26, 2024 (Last Friday in April)
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - April 27, 2024 (DEA) (Last Saturday in April)
• World Healing Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• World Tai Chi & Qigong Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• Mother, Father Deaf Day - April 28, 2024 (Last Sunday in April)
• National BraveHearts Day - April 28
• Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day - April 28, 2024
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work - April 28
• National Sarcoidosis Day - April 30

May 2024 Health Holidays

May Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Asthma Awareness Month
• Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Breath Easy Month
• Correct Posture Month
• Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
• Electromagnetic Radiation Awareness Month
• Employee Health & Fitness Month
• Family Wellness Month
• Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
• Food Allergy Awareness Month
• Fungal Infection Awareness Month
• Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
• Heal the Children Month
• Healthy Vision Month/UV Safety
• High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
• Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• MCS Awareness Month
• Melanoma / Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month (Check out Kerry's Celiac Disease page on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• National Hepatitis Awareness Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Mental Health Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Sight-Saving Month
• National Stroke Awareness Month
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
• National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
• Neurofibromatosis Month
• Posture Month
• Strike Out Strokes Month
• Syringomyelia Awareness Month
• Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
• Trauma Awareness Month 
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month
• Women's Health Care Month

May 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Air Quality Awareness Week - May 6-10, 2024
• Emergency Medical Services Week (EMS) - May 19-25, 2025 (Third Week in May)
  
• Food Allergy Awareness Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May)
• Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week - May 19-25, 2024 (Third Week in May) (Formerly named National Medical Transcription Week)
• Healthy and Safe Swimming Week - May 20-26, 2024 (Week before Memorial Day Mon-Sun)
• Hospital Week - Second Week of May
• MCS Awareness Week or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week- Second Week in May
• Medical Transcriptionist Week - May 19-25, 2024 (Third week in May)
• National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)
• National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week - May 5-11, 2024
• National Children's Mental Health Week - May 5-11, 2024, and also February 4-10, 2024 (First Full Week in February and May)
• National Eosinophil Awareness Week - May 19-25, 2024 (Third Week in May)
• National Hospital Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Week in May)
• National Nurses Week - May 6-12
  
• National Physical Education and Sports Week - May 1-7 (First Week in May)
  
• National Skilled Nursing Care Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Starts on Mother's Day to Following Saturday)
• National Stuttering Awareness Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May)
• National Women's Health Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Week Starting With Mother's Day)
• North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)
  
• Older Americans Mental Health Week - May 19-25, 2025 (Last Full Week in May) 
• Root Canal Awareness Week - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)
• World Dystonia Awareness Week - May 3-11
• World Schizophrenia Awareness Week - May 19-25, 2024

May 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May)
• National Day to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May)
• National (Deaf) Interpreter Day - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May)
• Project Aces Day - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May) (Aces = All Children Exercise Simultaneously)
• Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day - May 1
  
• International Scurvy Awareness Day - May 2
  
• Garden Meditation Day - May 3
• Anti-Bullying Day - May 4
• National Kids Fitness Day - May 4
• Hand Hygiene Day - May 5
• International Midwives Day - May 5
• Bladder Cancer Awareness Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• Childhood Stroke Awareness Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• National Fitness Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• International Baby Lost Mother's Day - May 5, 2024 (First Sunday in May)
• International Bereaved Mother's Day - May 5, 2024 (First Sunday in May)
• National Infertility Survival Day - May 5, 2024 (First Sunday in May)
• International No Diet Day - May 6
• Melanoma Monday - May 6, 2024 (First Monday in May)
• National Nurses Day, or National RN Recognition Day - May 6
  
• Childhood Depression Awareness Day - May 7, 2024 (First Tuesday in May)
• World Asthma Day - May 7, 2024 (First Tuesday in May)
• National Root Canal Appreciation Day - May 8, 2025 (Second Wednesday in May)
• National School Nurse Day - May 8, 2024 (Wednesday of National Nurses Week which is always on May 6-12)
• National Student Nurses Day - May 8
• World Ovarian Cancer Day - May 8
• National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day - May 9, 2024 (Thursday of First Full Week in May) 
• Child Care Provider Day - May 10, 2024 (Friday before Mothers Day)
• National Lipid Day - May 10
• World Lupus Day - May 10
• International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day - May 12
• International Nurses Day - May 12
• National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - May 12
  
• National Hospital Day - May 12
• National Provider Appreciation Day - May 12, 2023 (Friday before Mother's Day)
• Bereaved Mother's Day - May 13, 2023 (Second Saturday in May)
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day - (CdLS) May 13, 2023 (Second Saturday in May)
• Cough Drop Day - May 13
• Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day - May 13, 2023 (Second Saturday in May)
  
• Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day - May 15
• International MPS Awareness Day - May 15
• National Tuberous Sclerosis Day - May 15
  
• National Women's Check-up Day - May 15, 2023 (Monday following Mother's Day)
• TSC Global Awareness Day (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex) - May 15
• VBF Day of Awareness - May 15
• Emergency Medical Services Day - May 17, 2023 (Third Wednesday in May)
• Emergency Medical Services for Children Day - May 17, 2023 (Wednesday of EMS Week)
• International Child Helpline Day - May 17
• National Employee Health and Fitness Day - May 17, 2023 (Third Wednesday in May)
• World Hypertension Day - May 17
• World Neurofibromatosis Day (NF Day) - May 17
• HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18
• World Aids Vaccine Day - May 18
• Hepatitis Testing Day - May 19
• National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - May 19
• National Bike to Work Day - May 19, 2023 (Third Friday in May)
• World IBD Day - May 19
• International Clinical Trials Day - May 20
• World Autoimmune Arthritis Day - May 20
• International Day to End Obstetric Fistula - May 23
• World Crohn's and Colitis Day - May 23
• World Schizophrenia Awareness Day - May 24
• Sunscreen Protection Day - May 27
• Menstrual Hygiene Day - May 28
• World Digestive Health Day - May 29
• World MS Day (Multiple Sclerosis) - May 30
• National Save Your Hearing Day - May 31
• National Senior Health & Fitness Day - May 31, 2023 (Last Wednesday in May)
• Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day - May 31
• World No-Tobacco Day - May 31

June 2024 Health Holidays

June Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month
• Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month
• Cancer from the Sun Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Celibacy Awareness Month
• Child Vision Awareness Month
• Children's Awareness Month
• Disaster Preparedness Month - (Kerry lived very close to the 1994 Chatsworth Earthquake Epicenter in the Los Angeles, CA area - read her Emergency Preparedness series about her experiences, and tips to help prepare on her Healthy Diet Habits website)
  
• Fireworks Eye Safety Month
• Fireworks Safety Months (June 1 - July 31)
• International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• International Men's Month
• Light the Night for Sight Months
• Men's Health Education and Awareness Month
• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
• National Aphasia Awareness Month
• National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
• National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
• National Safety Month
• National Scleroderma Awareness Month
• Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
• Professional Wellness Month
• PTSD Awareness Month
• Student Safety Month
• Vision Research Month
• World Infertility Month

June 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Aphasia Awareness Week - Second Week of June
• Bed Bug Awareness Week - June 2-8, 2024
• Brain Tumor Awareness Week - Second Week of June
• Community Health Improvement Week (CHI) - June 10-14, 2024
• Dollars Against Diabetes Days - June 14-16, 2024 (Father's Day Weekend)
• Eye Safety Awareness Week - June 30 - July 6, 2024 (7 days starting last Sunday in June)
• Healthcare Executives Appreciation Week - June 2-8, 2024 (First Full Week of June)
• Hellen Keller - Blind Awareness Week - June 30 - July 6, 2024 (7 days starting the last Sunday in June)
• Learning Disabilities Week - June 17-23, 2024
• National CPR and AED Awareness Week - June 1-7
• National Headache Awareness Week - June 2-8, 2024 (First Full Week of June)
• National Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Week - June 17-21, 2024
• National Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Last Full Week of June)
• National Men's Health Week - June 10-16, 2024 (Second Week of June - ending with Father's Day)
• National Mosquito Control Awareness Week - June 16-22, 2024 (Last Full Week in June)
• National Nursing Assistants Week - June 13-19, 2024
• National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness - June 27 - July 4

June 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• Heimlich Maneuver Day - June 1
• Stand for Children Day - June 1
• Children's Awareness Memorial Day - June 2, 2024 (First Sunday in June)
• National Cancer Survivors Day - June 2, 2024 (First Sunday in June)
• National Itch Day - June 3
• World Clubfoot Day - June 3
• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - June 4
  
• National Safe Day - June 4
  
• World Environment Day - June 5
• National Eyewear Day - June 6
• National Hunger Awareness Day - June 6
• National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day - June 6
• Family Health and Fitness Day - June 8, 2024 (Second Saturday in June)
• National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - June 8
• World Brain Tumor Day - June 8
• Abused Women's and Children's Awareness Day - June 9, 2024 (Second Sunday in June)
• World APS Day - June 9
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Founders Day) - June 10
• Call Your Doctor Day - June 11, 2024 (Second Tuesday in June)
• World Day Against Child Labor - June 12
  
• International Albinism Awareness Day - June 13
  
• National Nursing Assistants Day - June 13, 2024 (First Day of National Nursing Assistants Week)
• World Blood Donor Day - June 14
  
• Wear Blue Day - June 14, 2024 (Friday of Men's Health Week)
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - June 15
• Husband Caregiver Day - June 16, 2024 (Same Day as Father's Day each year - Third Sunday in June)
• Autistic Pride Day - June 18
  
• International Panic Day - June 18
  
• World Sickle Cell Day - June 19
• Nystagmus Awareness Day - June 20
• International Ragweed Day - June 22, 2024
• National Hydration Day - June 23
• World Vitiligo Day - June 25
  
• International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking - June 26
• International Day in Support of Victims of Torture - June 26
• Helen Keller Day - June 27
• National HIV Testing Day - June 27
• PTSD Awareness Day - June 27

July 2024 Health Holidays

July Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Alopecia Month for Women 
• Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
• Cord Blood Awareness Month
• Eye Injury Prevention Month
  
• Fireworks Safety Month - June 1 - July 31
• Fragile X Awareness Month - Entire Month of July
• Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
• Herbal / Prescription Interaction Awareness Month
• International Alopecia Month for Women
• International Group B Strep Awareness Month
• International Women with Alopecia Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• Light the Night for Sight Month
• National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
• Social Wellness Month
• National HIV Awareness Month
• National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
• Sarcoma Awareness Month
• Self Care Month
• UV Safety Month

July 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Creative Maladjustment Week - July 7-14 
• Every Body Deserves a Massage Week - July 14-20, 2024
• Eye Safety Awareness Week - June 30 - July 6, 2024 (7 days starting last Sunday in June)
• Hellen Keller - Blind Awareness Week - June 30 - July 6, 2024 (7 days starting the last Sunday in June)
• Hepatitis Awareness Week - July 26 - August 1, 2024
• National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness - June 27 - July 4
• National Unassisted Homebirth Week - July 1-7
• Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week - July 18-25
• Therapeutic Recreation Week - July 7-13, 2024 (Second Week of July)

July 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• Special Recreation for the Disabled Day - July 2
• Stay Out of the Sun Day - July 3
• Don't Step on a Bee Day - July 10
• International Essential Oils Day - July 11
• World Listening Day - July 18
• Nap Day - July 20
• Fragile X Awareness Day - July 22
• World Sjogren's Day - July 23
  
• International Self Care Day - July 24
• Health and Happiness With Hypnosis Day - July 25
• Americas with Disabilities Day - July 26
• Holistic Therapy Day - July 26
• National Drowning Prevention Day - July 27, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in July)
• World Hepatitis Day - July 28
• Health Care Now! Medicare's Birthday - July 30

August 2024 Health Holidays

August Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Admit You're Happy Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Children's Vision and Learning Month
• Foot Health Month
• Medic Alert Month
• National Breastfeeding Month (Check out Kerry's Healthy Breastfeeding page, in her Healthy Infants section on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• National Eye Exam Month
• National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• National Minority Donor Awareness Month
• Neurosurgery Outreach Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• Stevens Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month

August 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Health Unit Coordinators Week - August 23-29
• Hepatitis Awareness Week - July 26 - August 1, 2024
• National Cleanse Your Skin Week - August 1-7
• National Health Center Week - August 4-10, 2024 (First Full Week in August)
• National Minority Donor Awareness Week - August 1-7
• Rock for Life Week - August 4-7
• Safe + Sound Week - August 12-18, 2024
• World Breastfeeding Week - August 1-7

August 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• National Minority Donor Awareness Day - August 1
• World Lung Cancer Day - August 1
• National Fresh Breath Day - August 6
• National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day - August 7, 2024 (Wednesday of First Full Week of August)
• National CBD Day - August 8
• Annual Medical Checkup Day - August 11
• National Relaxation Day - August 15
• Birth Control Pills Day - August 18
• International Day of Medical Transporters - August 20
• National Tooth Fairy Day - August 22
  
• National Grief Awareness Day - August 30

September 2024 Health Holidays

September Monthly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• America on the Move - Month of Action
  
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
• Baby Safety Month
• Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Cold and Flu Campaign
• Food Allergy Awareness Month
• Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• Home and Sports Eye Safety Month
• Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Awareness Month
• International Self-Awareness Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
• Mold Awareness Month
• National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
• National Childhood Injury Prevention Month 
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month - (Check out Kerry's  Childhood Obesity page, in her Obesity section on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Disaster Preparedness Month
• National DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• National Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
• National ITP Awareness Month
• National Menopause Awareness Month
  
• National Myositis Awareness Month
• National Organic Harvest Month
• National Osteopathic Medicine Month
• National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• National Pain Awareness Month
  
• National Pediculosis Prevention Month (Head Lice!)
• National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• National Skin Care Awareness Month
• National Suicide Prevention Month
• Newborn Screening Awareness Month
• PAD Awareness Month - (PAD = Peripheral Artery Disease)
• Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Self-Care Awareness Month
• Senior Care Health Month
• Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
• STEPtember

September 2024 Weekly Holidays:  (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Active Aging Week - September 30 - October 6, 2024 (Last Full Week of September, or the first week of October to coincide with the International Day of Older Persons on October 1)
• Balance Awareness Week - September 15-21, 2024  (Third week of September)
• Build a Better Image Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week of September)
• International Clean Hands Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week of September)
• International Deaf Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Adult Day Services Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third week of September)
• National Assisted Living Week - September 8-14, 2024
• National Childhood Injury Prevention Week - September 1-7
• National Eczema Week - September 13-21
• National Environmental Services Week - September 8-14, 2024 
• National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Nephrology Nurses Week - September 8-14, 2024 (Second Full Week in September)
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Suicide Prevention Week - September 8-14, 2024 (Always has September 10th in the Week) 
• National Surgical Technologist Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week in September)
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Week of September)
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Week of September)

September 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• National Shrink Day - September 5
• National Grateful Patient Day - September 7
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day - September 8
• World Physical Therapy Day - September 8
  
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day - September 9
• R U Ok Day (Australia) - September 10, 2024 (Second Tuesday in September)
• World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10
  
• National Report Medicare Fraud Day - September 12
• National Celiac Awareness Day - September 13
• Stand Up To Cancer Day - September 13, 2024 (Second Friday in September)
• World First Aid Day - September 14, 2024 (Second Saturday in September)
• National Concussion Awareness Day - September 15
• National Neonatal Nurses Day - September 15
• Tackle Kids Cancer Day - September 15
  
• World Patient Safety Day - September 17
• Chiropractic Founders Day - September 18
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day - September 18
• National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day - September 18
• Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day - September 17, 2024 (Third Tuesday in September)
• National Rehabilitation Day - September 18, 2024 (Third Wednesday in September)
• National School Backpack Awareness Day - September 18, 2024 (Third Wednesday in September)
• National Myositis Awareness Day - September 21
• World Alzheimer's Day - September 21
• Restless Legs Syndrome Awareness Day - September 23
• Gallbladder Good Health Day - September 24
• National Women's Health & Fitness Day - September 25, 2024 (Last Wednesday in September)
• World Ataxia Awareness Day - September 25
• Mesothelioma Awareness Day - September 26
• National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - September 27
• Sport Purple For Platelets Day - September 27, 2024 (Last Friday in September)
  
• Family Health and Fitness Day - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• World Heart Day - September 29
• National Microcephaly Awareness Day - September 30

October 2024 Health Holidays

October Monthly Holidays:

• American Pharmacists Month
• Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
• Blindness Awareness Month
• Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
• Campaign for Healthier Babies Month (Check out Kerry's Healthy Infants section on her Healthy Diet Habits Website)
• Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
• Child Health Month
• Contact Lens Safety Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Dysautonomia Awareness Month
• Dyslexia Awareness Month
• Eat Better, Eat Together Month
• Eczema Awareness Month
• Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
• Emotional Wellness Month
• Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Family Health Month
• Health Literacy Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• Home Eye Safety Month
• Hunger Awareness Month
• Long-Term Care Planning Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
• Mental Illness Awareness Month
• National AIDS Awareness Month
• National Audiology Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
• National Chiropractic Health Month
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Depression Education & Awareness Month
• National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Ergonomics Month
• National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk
• National Liver Awareness Month
• National Medical Librarian Month
• National Orthodontic Health Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
• National RSV Awareness Month
• National Sensory Awareness Month
• National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
• National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
• National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
• Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month
• Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
• Sexuality Education Month
• SIDS, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 
• Spinal Health Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Month
• Tackling Hunger Month
• Talk About Prescriptions Month
• World Blindness Awareness Month
• World Menopause Month
• Youth Against Tobacco Month

October 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Active Aging Week - September 30 - October 6, 2024 (Last Full Week of September, or the first week of October to coincide with the International Day of Older Persons on October 1)
• Emergency Nurses Week - October 6-12, 2024 
• Infection Control Week - October 13-19, 2024 (Third Week of October)
  
• International Dyslexia Association Reading Week - October 24-26, 2024
• International Infection Prevention Week - October 13-19, 2024
• Medical Assistants Recognition Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week in October)
  
• Mental Illness Awareness Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Full Week of October)
• National Case Management Week - October 13-19, 2024 (Second Full Week of October)
• National Health Education Week - October 21-25, 2024 (Third M-F week of October)
• National Healthcare Food Service Workers Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Week in October) 
• National Healthcare Quality Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week of October)
• National Healthcare Supply Chain Week - October 6-12, 2024
  
• National Massage Therapy Awareness Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Last Full Week in October)
• National Medical Assistants Recognition Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week in October)
• National Midwifery Week - October 6-12, 2024 (Sunday to Saturday During the First Full Week of October)
• National Nuclear Science Week - October 21-25, 2024 (Third Monday-Friday Week in October)
• National Pharmacy Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week of October)
• National Physician Assistants Week - October 6-12
• National Red Ribbon Week - October 23-31
• National Respiratory Care Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Last Full Week of October)
• National School Bus Safety Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week of October)
• Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Full Week of October)
• Pastoral Care Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Last Full Week in October)
• Pediatric Nurses Week - October 7-11, 2024
• Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week - October 24-31
• Primary Care Physicians Week - October 6-12, 2024
• Respiratory Care Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Last Week of October)
• Skin Care Awareness Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Full Week of October)
• Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week - October 1-7

October 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• International Day of Older Persons - October 1
• National Physician's Assistant Day - October 6
  
• World Cerebral Palsy Day - October 6
• Child Health Day - October 7, 2024 (First Monday in October)
• Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Registration Day - October 7
• Scrubs Day - October 9
• Stop America's Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Today - October 9, 2024 (Second Wednesday in October)
• National Depression Screening Day - October 10, 2024 (Second Thursday in October)
• World Sight Day - October 10, 2024 (Second Thursday in October)
• World Arthritis Day - October 12
• Breast Health Day - October 15
  
• Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day - October 15
• National Aesthetician Day - October 15 (Skincare)
• National Face Your Fears Day - October 15, 2024 (Third Tuesday in October)
• National Pharmacy Technician Day - October 15, 2024 (Third Tuesday in October)
• White Cane Safety Day - October 15
• BRA Day USA - October 16, 2024 (Third Wednesday in October) (BRA = Breast Reconstruction Awareness)
• Love Your Body Day - October 16, 2024 (Third Wednesday in October)
• World Anesthesia Day - October 16
• Wear Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day - October 17, 2024 (Thursday of Third Full Week in October)
  
• National Call-In Day for Health Reform - October 20
• Check Your Meds Day - October 21
  
• Lung Health Day - October 21, 2024 (Monday of Respiratory Care Week)
• International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22
• National Pharmacy Buyer Day - October 25, 2024 (Friday of the Third Full Week in October)
  
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - October 26, 2024 (Last Saturday in October)
• World Psoriasis Day - October 29

November 2024 Health Holidays

November Monthly Holidays:

• Addiction Awareness Month
• American Diabetes Month
• Child Safety and Prevention Month
• COPD Awareness Month
• Diabetic Eye Disease Month
• Gluten Free Diet Awareness Month
• Good Nutrition Month
• Great American Smokeout Month
• Healthy Lifestyles Month
• International COPD Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• MADD's Tie One on For Safety Holiday Campaign
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
• National Bladder Health Awareness Month
• National Child Mental Health Month
  
• National Diabetes Awareness Month
• National Epilepsy Awareness Month
  
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Home Care Month
  
• National Hospice Palliative Care Month
• National Impotency Month
• National Long Term Care Awareness Month
• National Marrow Awareness Month
• National Medical Science Liason (MSL) Awareness
• National Sexual Health Month
• National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
  
• PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
• Tie One on For Safety Campaign - November 21 - January 1

November 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Family Caregiver Week - Last week of November
• GERD Awareness Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Week of Thanksgiving)
• Medical Surgical Nurses Week - November 1-7
• National Allied Health Week - November 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of November)
• National Diabetes Education Week - November 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of November)
• National Donor Sabbath - November 15-17, 2024 (Friday - Sunday, Two Weeks Before Thanksgiving)
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week - November 9-17, 2024 (Begins on Second Saturday in November for 9 Days)
• National Nurse Practitioner's Week - November 10-16, 2024
• National Patient Accessibility Week - November 4-8, 2024 (First Monday-Friday Week of November)
• National Radiologic Technology Week - November 3-9, 2024
• Operating Room Nurse Awareness Week - November 10-16, 2024 (Second Full Week in November) - Also Known as Perioperative Nurse Week
• Patient Blood Management Awareness Week - November 4-8, 2024
• Perioperative Nurse Week - November 10-16, 2024 (Second Full Week in November) - Also Known as Operating Room Nurse Awareness Week
• Urology Nurses and Associates Week - November 1-7
• World Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 9-15, 2024 (Begins Second Saturday to Friday)

November 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• Autistic Speaking Day - November 1
• National Eating Healthy Day - November 6, 2024 (First Wednesday in November)
• World Keratoconus Day - November 10
• World Pneumonia Day - November 12
• World Diabetes Day - November 14
• International Stand Up to Bullying Day - November 15, 2024, and February 23, 2024 (Last Friday in February and Third Friday in November)
• World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day - November 16
  
• World Prematurity Awareness Day - November 17
  
• Great American Smokeout - November 21, 2024 (Third Thursday in November)
• World Pancreatic Cancer Day - November 21, 2024 (Third Thursday in November)
• International Survivors of Suicide Day - November 23
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25
  
• Good Grief Day - November 26
• National Family Health History Day - November 28, 2024 (always on Thanksgiving Day)
• Flossing Day - November 29, 2024 (Day after Thanksgiving)
• National Flossing Day - November 29, 2024 (Day After Thanksgiving)

December 2024 Health Holidays

December Monthly Holidays:

• Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
• International AIDS Awareness Month
  
• National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
• Safe Toys and Celebrations Month
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• Seasonal Depression Awareness Month
• Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking - (TANYRSS) - December 17 - February 5
• Tie One on for Safety Campaign
• Universal Human Rights Month
• World AIDS Month
• Worldwide Food Service Safety Month

December 2024 Weekly Holidays: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• National Hand Washing Awareness Week - December 1-7, 2024 (First Full Week of December)
• National Influenza Vaccination Week - December 1-7, 2024 (First Full Week of December)
• National Older Driver Safety Awareness Week - December 1-7, 2024 (First Full Week of December)

December 2024 Daily Holidays: (Sorted by Date)

• World AIDS Day - December 1
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3
• International Volunteers Day - December 5 (United Nations Volunteers)
• Human Rights Day - December 10 (United Nations Human Rights)
• National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day - December 12

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