National Bird Week

National Public Health Week: focus on injury prevention.

More than 20 years ago, the Institute of Medicine called injury ‘probably the most underrecognized major public health problem facing the nation today.’ Despite the ongoing commitment of governmental and non-governmental organisations to prevent and reduce the burden of injury in the USA, injuries remain the leading cause of death for children and adults between the ages of 1 and 44 years. In 2...

Announcement: National Child Passenger Safety Week — September 17–23, 2017

National Teen Driver Safety Week — October 19–25, 2014

Announcement: National Infertility Awareness Week, April 23–29, 2017

April 23–29 is National Infertility Awareness Week and is intended to increase awareness of infertility, which affects the reproductive systems of both women and men (1). In general, infertility is defined as the inability of couples to achieve pregnancy after ≥1 year of trying (1). However, given that fertility in women is known to decline steadily with age, some providers evaluate and treat w...

National Influenza Vaccination Week — December 7–13, 2014