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A running calendar of the observances and conferences that shape health, science, and medicine. Find opportunities to raise awareness, expand understanding, and collaborate with others working to make a positive impact.

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July 2026

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Cord Blood Awareness Month
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Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
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National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
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National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
All month
UV Safety Awareness Month
28
World Hepatitis Day

August 2026

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Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
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MedicAlert Awareness Month
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National Breastfeeding Month
All month
National Eye Exam Month
All month
National Immunization Awareness Month
1
National Minority Donor Awareness Day
All month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
All month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
1-7
World Breastfeeding Week

September 2026

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Blood Cancer Awareness Month
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
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National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
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National Cholesterol Education Month
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National Food Safety Education Month
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National ITP Awareness Month
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National Recovery Month
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National Sickle Cell Month
All month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
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Pain Awareness Month
All month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
All month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
All month
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
All month
Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
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Sepsis Awareness Month
All month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
All month
World Alzheimer’s Month
8
World Physical Therapy Day
10
World Suicide Prevention Day
14-15
Nashville Healthcare Sessions
Nashville
16
National Working Parents Day
17
National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
20
National Addiction Professionals Day
21
World Alzheimer’s Day
22-24
Behavioral Health Tech Conference
Nashville
22
Business Women’s Day
24-25
Health Datapalooza
Washington
25
International Ataxia Awareness Day
25
World Pharmacist Day
26
World Contraception Day
29
World Heart Day

October 2026

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American Pharmacists Month
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
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Eye Injury Prevention Month
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Health Literacy Month
All month
Healthy Lung Month
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Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
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National Bullying Prevention Month
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National Chiropractic Health Month
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National Disability Employment Awareness Month
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National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
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National Liver Awareness Month
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National Orthodontic Health Month
All month
National Physical Therapy Month
All month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
All month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
All month
SIDS Awareness Month
All month
World Menopause Awareness Month
4-10
Mental Illness Awareness Week
6
World Cerebral Palsy Day
8
National Depression Screening Day
10
World Mental Health Day
13
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
16
Boss’s Day
16
World Spine Day
18
World Menopause Awareness Day
20-21
Frontiers Health
Berlin
20
World Osteoporosis Day
23-31
Red Ribbon Week
29
World Psoriasis Day
29
World Stroke Day

November 2026

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American Diabetes Month
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COPD Awareness Month
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Diabetes Awareness Month
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Diabetic Eye Disease Month
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Indigenous Heritage Month
All month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
All month
Mouth Cancer Action Month
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National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
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National Caregiver Month
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National Epilepsy Month
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National Family Caregivers Month
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National Healthy Skin Month
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National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
All month
National Marrow Awareness Month
All month
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
All month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
4-7
ISPAD Annual Conference
Rio de Janeiro
8
World Radiography Day
12
World Pneumonia Day
14
World Diabetes Day
15-18
HLTH
Las Vegas
18
World COPD Day
19
Great American Smokeout
22-28
GERD Awareness Week
26
National Family Health History Day
Nov 29-Dec 3
RSNA Annual Meeting
Chicago

December 2026

1-7
Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
All month
Give the Gift of Sight Month
1
World AIDS Day
3
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
6-12
National Hand Washing Awareness Week
7-13
National Influenza Vaccination Week

January 2027

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Cervical Health Awareness Month
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Glaucoma Awareness Month
All month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
All month
National Blood Donor Month
All month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
All month
National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury
All month
Thyroid Awareness Month
6-9
CES
Las Vegas
11-14
J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
San Francisco
12
National Pharmacist Day
22
National Activity Professionals Day
Anticipated
25-29
National Activity Professionals Week
Anticipated
25
National IV Nurse Day
31
World Leprosy Day
Anticipated

February 2027

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AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
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American Heart Month
All month
Black History Month
All month
Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
All month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
1-7
Patient Recognition Week
Anticipated
1-7
Peri-Anesthesia Nurse Week
Anticipated
All month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
All month
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
3
National Women Physician Day
4
Cancer Day
5
Wear Red Day (for heart disease)
Anticipated
8
International Epilepsy Day
Anticipated
8-12
Phlebotomist Recognition Week
Anticipated
13-19
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
Anticipated
14
National Donor Day
19
National Caregivers Day
Anticipated
22-28
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Anticipated
28
RARE DISEASE DAY
Anticipated

March 2027

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American Red Cross Month
All month
Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
All month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
All month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
All month
Multiple Sclerosis Education Month
1-6
National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week
Anticipated
All month
National Athletic Training Month
All month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
All month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
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National Endometriosis Awareness Month
All month
National Kidney Month
All month
National Nutrition Month
All month
National Social Work Month
All month
Women’s History Month
2
World Teen Mental Wellness Day
4
Brain Injury Awareness Day
4-10
Endometriosis Awareness Week
Anticipated
5
Employee Appreciation Day
Anticipated
5
Multiple Personality Day
5
National Dress in Blue Day
Anticipated
6
National Dentist Day
8
International Women’s Day
10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
11
Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day
Anticipated
11
World Kidney Day
Anticipated
14-20
MS Awareness Week
Anticipated
14-20
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
Anticipated
14-20
Sleep Awareness Week
Anticipated
14-17
ViVE
Nashville
14-20
World Glaucoma Week
Anticipated
15-21
Brain Awareness Week
Anticipated
15-19
Healthcare HR Professionals Week
Anticipated
15-21
SXSW
Austin
16
National Vaccination Day
19
Certified Nurses Day
21-27
National Poison Prevention Week
Anticipated
24
World Tuberculosis Day
25-31
National Physicians Week
Anticipated
26
Purple Day for epilepsy awareness
30
National Doctors Day
30
World Bipolar Day

April 2027

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Alcohol Awareness Month
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Autism Awareness Month
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Cesarean Awareness Month
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Defeat Diabetes Month
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
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National Alcohol Awareness Month
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National Autism Awareness Month
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month
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National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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National Donate Life Month
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National Minority Health Month
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National Volunteer Month
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Occupational Therapy Month
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Oral Cancer Awareness Month
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Parkinson’s Awareness Month
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Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
All month
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
2
Autism Awareness Day
2
World Autism Awareness Day
4
National Vitamin C Day
5-8
HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition
Chicago
5-9
National Cancer Registrars Week
Anticipated
5-11
National Public Health Week
Anticipated
7
World Health Day
10-12
ACC Annual Scientific Session
Houston
11
World Parkinson’s Day
17
World Hemophilia Day
22
Earth Day
30
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day

May 2027

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ALS Awareness Month
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Arthritis Awareness Month
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Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
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Better Sleep Month
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Better Speech and Hearing Month
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Brain Tumor Awareness
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Celiac Disease Awareness Month
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Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
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Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
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Healthy Vision Month
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Hepatitis Awareness Month
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High Blood Pressure Education Month
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Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
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Lupus Awareness Month
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Lyme Disease Awareness Month
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Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
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Mental Health Awareness Month
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National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
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National Cancer Research Month
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National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
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National Critical Care Awareness Month
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National Osteoporosis Month
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National Stroke Awareness Month
All month
Neurofibromatosis Month
All month
Oncology Nursing Month
3
Melanoma Monday
Anticipated
5
World Hand Hygiene Day
6-12
National Nurses Week
Anticipated
6
National Nurses’ Day
9-15
National Hospital Week
Anticipated
9-15
National Skilled Nursing Care Week
Anticipated
9-15
National Women’s Health Week
Anticipated
10
National Lipid Day
10
World Lupus Day
12
Florence Nightingale’s Birthday
12
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
16-22
Healthcare Technology Management Week
Anticipated
16-22
National EMS Week
Anticipated
17
Neurofibromatosis Day
18
National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
19
National Employee Health and Fitness Day
Anticipated
30
World Multiple Sclerosis Day
31
World No Tobacco Day

June 2027

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
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Cataract Awareness Month
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Hernia Awareness Month
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Men’s Health Month
All month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
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National Aphasia Awareness Month
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National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
All month
National PTSD Awareness Month
All month
National Safety Month
All month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
All month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
4-8
ASCO Annual Meeting
Chicago
6
National Cancer Survivors Day
Anticipated
8-10
HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition
Barcelona
14-20
Men’s Health Week
Anticipated
14
World Blood Donor Day
17
National Career Nursing Assistant Day
Anticipated
18-21
ADA Scientific Sessions
Washington
19
World Sickle Cell Day
21-24
HLTH Europe
24-30
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
Anticipated
27
National HIV Testing Day
27
National PTSD Awareness Day