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The health and healthcare category is the largest non-nation topic in the calendar. It includes events related to health industries, occupations, wellness, pharmacy, diseases, health insurance, research, and topics that affect, promote, assist, and impact the health of living creatures, organisms, and humans.

School Lunch Week, Ntl.: October 13-17 (es...

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National School Lunch Week in the United States by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) promotes healthy eating habits, mainly focusing on what constitutes a nutritious lunch. School lunch and breakfast...

January

World Thrombosis Day: October 13

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World Thrombosis Day (WTD) is a global awareness that began in 2014. It focuses on thrombosis, its causes, risk factors, signs/symptoms, and evidence-based prevention and treatment. Thrombosis is a fanc...

January

Blind Equality Day: October 15

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Blind Equality Day has taken the place of White Cane Safety Day, an event first held in October 1964. Blind Equality day expands the scope of White Cane Safety Day by adding employment and educational opp...

January

Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA):...

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Building Out Your Curves with BRA Day Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day, or BRA Day, organized by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, is an annual event held to raise awareness about breast reco...

January

Handwashing Day, Global: October 15

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Global Handwashing Day is an awareness campaign dedicated to increasing understanding of the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Glo...

January

Latino AIDS Awareness Day, Ntl.: October 1...

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The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), the Hispanic Federation, and others support National Latino AIDS Awareness Day to promote HIV testing and provide HIV prevention information and healthcare access to...

January

Love Your Body Day, Intl.: October 15

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NOW, the National Organization of Women hosts International Love Your Body Day on the third Wednesday in October. Created in 1997, Love Your Body Day is a day when women of all sizes, colors, ages, and...

January

White Cane Safety Day: October 15

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White Cane Safety Day, also known as Blind Americans Equality Day, was created by a joint resolution in Congress, approved on October 6, 1964 (Public Law 88-628, as amended). In this resolution, Congress...

January

Spine Day, World: October 16

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World Spine Day, part of the Bone and Joint Decade’s Action Week, is coordinated by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC). It brings together health care professionals from multiple disciplines to ra...

January

Food and Drug Interaction Education Week:...

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Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc. sponsors Food & Drug Interaction Education Week in October. Consumers are often unaware that some medications are affected by the foods we eat, herbs we consume, what w...

January

Mammography Day, Ntl.: October 17

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The third Friday of October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is National Mammography Day. It's a day for raising awareness about the importance of mammograms in cancer prevention and earl...

January

Trauma Day, World: October 17

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World Trauma Day began in New Delhi in 2011 in conjunction with The Trauma Society of South Africa. It highlights the impact, prevention, and treatment of traumatic injuries and deaths. The World Health O...

January

Menopause Day, World: October 18

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The International Menopause Society promotes World Menopause Day. The organization seeks to raise awareness about the need for a health audit to avoid chronic diseases in later life upon entering this p...

January

Saint Luke Feast Day: October 18

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Saint Luke wrote one of the four Gospels in the New Testament. He is the patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, surgeons, students, and butchers. Today is his feast day. Why so many feast days...

January

Sweetest Day: October 18

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Sweetest Day was created decades ago by Herbert Birch Kingston of Cleveland, Ohio, to bring cheer to orphans, the elderly, shut-ins, and the sick. Kingston would go door-to-door, delivering candy, treats,...

January

Chemistry Week, Ntl.: October 19-25

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National Chemistry Week is a community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that unites businesses, schools, and individuals around the importance of chemistry to quality of life. The mis...

January

Healthcare Quality Week, Intl.: October 19...

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INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE QUALITY WEEK: ADVOCATING FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH International Healthcare Quality Week promotes the importance of quality in healthcare and recognizes the contributions of healt...

January

Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action,...

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Lead poisoning continues to be a severe problem, especially in older buildings where paint peels and children often eat it. It can also be present in the dust and inhaled, in soil, water and air. Working...

January

LGBTQ+ Center Awareness Day: October 19

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Centers, and locations for the community, continue to build, unite, and empower the LGBTQ+ community by offering services, including: Social services Mental health counseling Cultural programs Recreat...

January

Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week, Ntl.(US...

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The third week of each October is National Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week. Established in 2009, National Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week raises awareness about male breast cancer and its devastatin...

January
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