Health and Wellness Topics by Month

January

  • National Blood Donor Month
  • Thyroid Awareness Month

February

  • American Heart Month
  • National Cancer Prevention Month
  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7–14)
  • World Cancer Day (February 4)
  • National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7)

March

  • Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
  • National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • National Kidney Month
  • National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • World Kidney Day (March 11)
  • Purple Day for epilepsy awareness (March 26)

April

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Autism Awareness Month
  • National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  • National Donate Life Month
  • National Minority Health Month
  • National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
  • National Public Health Week (April 1- 7)
  • National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 10)

May

  • American Stroke Awareness Month
  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Better Hearing and Speech Month
  • Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
  • Healthy Vision Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
  • National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
  • National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
  • Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (May 3 – 9)
  • Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 9 – 15)

June

  • National Safety Month
  • Scoliosis Awareness Month
  • Pride Month
  • National Cancer Survivors Day (June 6)
  • Family Health and Fitness Day (June 12)
  • Autistic Pride Day (June 18)

July

  • Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
  • National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
  • Sarcoma Awareness Month

August

  • Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • National Immunization Awareness Month

September

  • Blood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
  • Sickle Cell Awareness Month
  • Sepsis Awareness Month
  • National Suicide Prevention Week (September 5-11)

October

  • National ADHD Awareness Month
  • National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Physical Therapy Month
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
  • Spina Bifida Awareness Month
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
  • Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9)
  • Malnutrition Awareness Week (October 4-8)
  • World Cerebral Palsy Day (October 6)
  • National Depression Screening Day (October 7)
  • World Mental Health Day (October 10)

November

  • American Diabetes Month
  • Bladder Health Month
  • Diabetic Eye Disease Month
  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Epilepsy Awareness Month
  • National Healthy Skin Month
  • National Hospice Palliative Care Month
  • National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
  • Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
  • Prematurity Awareness Month
  • Transgender Awareness Week (2nd week in November)
  • World Pneumonia Day (November 12)
  • World Prematurity Day (November 17)

December

  • National Handwashing Awareness Week (December 1 -7)
  • World AIDS Day December 1