United States health and wellness observances with varied provenance, including government agencies, nonprofits, professional bodies and documented awareness campaigns.
Health observances can be useful discovery tools, but medical claims require stronger evidence than a calendar listing. Pages in this hub preserve organizer and source boundaries and avoid turning awareness copy into diagnosis or treatment advice.
These pages include reviewed meaning, history, activities, facts and FAQs in addition to the underlying observance record.
The American Kidney Fund provides an AMKD Awareness Day proclamation template that places the observance on the last Tuesday of each April, and its 2026 campaign materials mark 28 April 202…
ASPS documents the annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day USA (BRA Day) campaign and its educational focus on reconstruction choices after mastectomy or lumpectomy.
Reese’s Purpose maintains June 12 Button Battery Awareness Day; 2021 Good Morning America reporting identifies Trista Hamsmith as creator of a national Button Battery Awareness Day and foun…
36 U.S.C. §105 requests an annual presidential proclamation designating the first Monday in October as Child Health Day. The statutory history traces the federal observance to 1928; Public…
The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and National Center on Law and Elder Rights identify February 1 as Conservatorship & Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day and provide aw…
DEA scheduled the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for Saturday, April 25, 2026 and explicitly describes Take Back Day as a twice-yearly event.
The American Kidney Fund provides an AMKD Awareness Day proclamation template that places the observance on the last Tuesday of each April, and its 2026 campaign materials mark 28 April 202…
ASPS documents the annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day USA (BRA Day) campaign and its educational focus on reconstruction choices after mastectomy or lumpectomy.
Reese’s Purpose maintains June 12 Button Battery Awareness Day; 2021 Good Morning America reporting identifies Trista Hamsmith as creator of a national Button Battery Awareness Day and foun…
36 U.S.C. §105 requests an annual presidential proclamation designating the first Monday in October as Child Health Day. The statutory history traces the federal observance to 1928; Public…
The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and National Center on Law and Elder Rights identify February 1 as Conservatorship & Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day and provide aw…
DEA scheduled the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for Saturday, April 25, 2026 and explicitly describes Take Back Day as a twice-yearly event.
Current National Recreation and Park Association material states that NRPA’s Family Health & Fitness Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in June each year and confirms ongoing NRPA ste…
National Today places Herpes Awareness Day on October 13 annually, and AnydayGuide independently lists National Herpes Awareness Day on October 13.
NIH identifies HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) as an annual May 18 observance honoring volunteers, communities, health professionals and scientists working on preventive HIV-vaccine resear…
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine states that its arctec scientists launched Bug Off, the first-ever Insect Repellent Awareness Day, for 3 June 2014; later public-health/vector-c…
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 identifies May 1 as KKAD25 Day and describes the 2026 observance as its 20th annual nationwide proclamation effort.
CenterLink currently observes Center Awareness Day every October 19; its 2011 annual report documents a third annual edition, while a 2012 participating-center archive credits CenterLink an…
AAMA’s recognition-week materials designate Wednesday as Medical Assistants Recognition Day; AAMA’s 2026 week runs October 19–23, placing the recognition day on October 21, 2026.
The American Society of Pharmacovigilance (ASP) announced on March 24, 2021 that it was establishing March 24 as National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day. ASP later described 2024 as the t…
NIH/NIAAA records the first National Alcohol Screening Day in 1999; state legislative recognition describes the recurring observance as the Thursday of the first full week in April.
HIV.gov states that National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on May 19 and brings attention to HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
The National Association of Barbers identifies May 19 as Barber Mental Health Awareness Day and publishes industry-focused mental-health awareness guidance for the date.
National Day Archives lists National Bed Bug Prevention Day on June 10 and attributes its 2019 creation to Dodson Pest Control. Dodson currently publishes first-party bed-bug prevention res…
NIH states that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on February 7 to increase awareness and mobilize community involvement around HIV among Black/African American peo…
Treace Medical Concepts announced the first-ever National Bunion Day in the United States on 16 April 2024, states that it founded the observance, and sets it on the third Tuesday of April…
Challenged Champions & Heroes identifies founder Dr. Robin A. Lococo as creator of its July 29 national awareness day. National Day Archives uses the longer National Challenged Champions an…
Experian announced on August 27, 2018 that it was designating September 1 as Child Identity Theft Awareness Day and intended it to become an annual reminder; the campaign included September…
The official National Concussion Awareness Day® site states that Brooke Mills founded the observance in 2016 and that it is recognized on the third Friday of September each year. A 2018 org…
DRESS Syndrome Foundation organizer-side 2022 launch material establishes National DRESS Syndrome Day on July 16 and identifies the foundation co-founders as creators; current foundation an…
Screening for Mental Health materials and current observance guidance place NDSD on the Thursday of the first full week in October; the 2026 occurrence is October 8.
The ASPCA designated 8 April 2014 as the first National Dog Fighting Awareness Day and described the observance again as its second annual edition in 2015. Public treatment is limited to no…
Donate Life America lists National Donor Day on February 14 among its national observances and celebrations.
OrganDonor.gov defines National Donor Sabbath as a three-day observance celebrated two weekends prior to Thanksgiving.
HHS/NHGRI records show that U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona declared Thanksgiving 2004 the first annual National Family History Day as part of the Family History Initiative. Later N…
Michigan DIFS identifies August 14 as National Financial Awareness Day in 2025, and Tennessee TDCI identifies Friday, August 14, 2026 as the observance date.
The Industrial Truck Association’s 13th annual National Forklift Safety Day was held June 9, 2026; OSHA also published remarks for that event.
The U.S. Senate agreed to S.Res.268 in 2000 designating July 22, 2000 as National Fragile X Awareness Day; the National Fragile X Foundation continues to use July 22 as the recurring awaren…
Rolf Benirschke’s first-party biography identifies September 7, 2017 as the inaugural National Grateful Patient Day and launch of the Grateful Patient Project; National Day Calendar records…
The Animal Medical Center’s 2026 veterinary-awareness calendar and National Day Calendar both place Hairball Awareness Day on the last Friday in April.
Beauty-industry material published on May 27 states that Booksy designated May 27 as National Hairstylist Mental Health Awareness Day; current observance listings attribute the 2021 creatio…
The Conversation Project states that National Healthcare Decisions Day is an annual April 16 initiative founded in 2008 by attorney Nathan Kottkamp to encourage advance-care-planning conver…
Consecutive New York legislative resolutions describe National Heat Awareness Day as observed each year on the last Friday in May. NWS and OSHA provide authoritative heat-safety guidance, b…
CDC records that the 2011 HHS viral hepatitis action plan established May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day and that the first observance occurred in 2012; current CDC material continues…
HIV.gov states that National HIV Testing Day is June 27 and was first observed on June 27, 1995; the federal HIV history timeline identifies the National Association of People With AIDS (NA…
HIV.gov and NIH identify September 18 as National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. NIH states that The AIDS Institute launched the observance on September 18, 2008; current federal materia…
WEX first-party releases identify October 15, 2019 as the inaugural National Health Savings Account Awareness Day and WEX continued marking HSA Day on October 15 through 2025. IRS materials…
The U.S. Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 40 on June 22, 2007 supporting the goals and ideals of observing a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 each year. The reviewed r…
A New York Senate resolution identifies Beverly Barna as the creator and states that National Infertility Survival Day is observed each year on the Sunday prior to Mother’s Day.
June 28 recurrence is strongly supported by repeated Michigan DIFS government usage and current observance listings, but reviewed sources do not establish the creator, first edition, foundi…
Federal HIV/CDC sources identify October 15 as the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and document the first observance in 2003. CDC states that the Latino Commission on AIDS and His…
FBI outreach material identifies September 26 as National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day; Blue H.E.L.P. states the day was created to remember officers lost to suicide and reduce sti…
Creator-issued Swimways releases state that Swimways founded National Learn to Swim Day™ in 2012 on the third Saturday of May each year; a 2019 Swimways release documents expansion of the p…
Contemporaneous May 2020 optometry coverage reports that Bio-Tissue announced the first National Mechanical Dry Eye Day for May 19 and annual recurrence; later Bio-Tissue-sourced campaign a…
Aesthetics Biomedical first-party/trade evidence places the originating National Microneedling Day / National Vivace Microneedling Day campaign on October 26 beginning in 2020 and calls 202…
HRSA’s August 2025 health observance calendar lists National Minority Donor Awareness Day on August 1; peer-reviewed MOTTEP history documents its August 1, 1996 inauguration.
GNC launched the first National Multivitamin Day in 2024 and states that the observance is held on the third Saturday of September; current 2026 calendar treatment resolves that rule to Sep…
NIH identifies National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day as an annual March 20 observance first observed in 2007 and organized by the National Native HIV Network. CDC archival and organizer ma…
Indian Health Service identifies September 21 as National Opioid Awareness Day; Alabama Department of Mental Health calls September 21 an annual observance in 2025 and 2026. A separately do…
Elanco states that it launched the first National Parvo Awareness Day on 23 April 2024 and that the day recurs on the fourth Tuesday in April; independent veterinary guidance supports preve…
Independent institutional sources from ACS CAN (2024), California CDCR (2025) and Patients For Affordable Drugs (2026) recognize National Patient Advocacy Day on August 19; the reviewed ins…
Bow Wow Labs identifies June 22 as National Pet Choking Prevention Day, created to raise awareness of choking hazards for pets.
AKC and ADT launched the inaugural National Pet Fire Safety Day in July 2009; current first-party pages continue the July 15 awareness campaign.
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention states that its National Pet Obesity Day is recognized each year on the second Wednesday in October and identifies the 2023 observance as National…
MISTR and SISTR announced the first National PrEP Day for October 10, 2025. Independent health-sector reporting corroborated the launch, and a September 2026 Illinois legislative release de…
A contemporaneous 17 September 2012 GoodTherapy/Psychotherapy Foundation announcement identifies 25 September 2012 as the first annual National Psychotherapy Day.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs identifies 27 June as PTSD Awareness Day; congressional records also document National PTSD Awareness Day recognition on that date.
NOSORH states that National Rural Health Day has been observed on the third Thursday of November since 2011.
Schmersal/tec.nicum states that it founded National SAFER Workplace Day, first observed on 30 June 2023, on the last Friday of June; its current page lists 25 June 2027.
CDC/NIOSH explicitly identifies May 31 as National Save Your Hearing Day; longstanding professional materials also use the May 31 observance.
Volvo Car USA’s November 14, 2019 launch release identifies the first National Seat Belt Day and names Volvo, Uber and the Governors Highway Safety Association as launch partners, with Nove…
Pretty Loaded states that it submitted National Situational Awareness Day in 2015 and continues to mark September 26 annually. National Day Calendar records the 2015 submission/declaration…
Reliefband Technologies states that it created National Stop Nausea Day and that it is celebrated on the third Tuesday in May each year.
National Day Calendar identifies Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation as founder, places the observance on September 15 and records annual observance beginning in 2017. Current T…
National Day Archives identifies May 12 and TOP as the 2020 founder; TOP co-founder Denielle Finkelstein later stated first-hand that TOP founded the day in 2020. FDA guidance is used only…
National Today places National Testosterone Awareness Day on November 17 annually, while Marius Pharmaceuticals’ 2024 release independently anchored a nonprofit launch to National Testoster…
Valeant Consumer Healthcare, then maker of CeraVe Skincare, publicly declared January 8, 2017 as National Winter Skin Relief Day in a January 5, 2017 launch announcement; National Day Calen…
HIV.gov, the HHS Office on Women’s Health and CDC verify March 10 and current federal stewardship. Federal sources disagree on whether the first annual observance was 2005 or 2006, so first…
A 2026 New York Senate resolution identifies National Women’s Checkup Day as held annually on the second Monday in May and recognizes May 11, 2026 in conjunction with the observance.
The official FitnessDay site states that National Women’s Health & Fitness Day is always held on the last Wednesday in September and is organized by the Health Information Resource Center.
NexRep states that it established National Work from Home for Wellness Day, celebrates it annually on August 16, and launched the holiday on August 16, 2023. The exact reason for selecting…
State government proclamations in multiple years designate May 31 as Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day, supporting a recurring commemorative date while not making it a federal holiday.
Last Chance for Animals directly states that it created National Pet Theft Awareness Day in 1988 and observes it annually on February 14; Los Angeles City Council records later 2005 local e…
A Port of Corpus Christi Authority resolution adopted February 19, 2019 designated March 1 of each calendar year as Public Risk Management Awareness Day and described March 1, 2019 as the i…
Last Chance for Animals states that it and other animal activists started Puppy Mill Awareness Day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2004 and that it takes place annually on the third Saturday…
The National Child Safety Council states that Safetypup was introduced on February 12, 1985 and that Safetypup’s birthday is February 12; the Georgetown, Ohio Police Department independentl…
36 U.S.C. §142 authorizes an annual presidential proclamation designating October 15 as White Cane Safety Day.
