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03/03/2026

March Health ObservancesMarch 1-31: Alport Awareness Month
March 1-31: Autoimmune Awareness Month
March 1-31: Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 1-31: Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
March 1-31: Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
March 1-31: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Myeloma Action Month
March 1-31: National Athletic Training Month
March 1-31: National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Cheerleading Safety Month
March 1-31: National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Kidney Month
March 1-31: National Nutrition Month
March 1-31: National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 1-31: Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March 1-31: Save Your Vision Month
March 1-31: Trisomy Awareness Month
March 1-31: Women’s History Month
Read more about the history of women in medicine
March 1-31: Workplace Eye Wellness Month
March 1: International Wheelchair Day
March 1-6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 3: World Birth Defects Day
March 3: World Hearing Day
March 4: International HPV Awareness Day
March 4: World Obesity Day
March 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
March 5: National Hospitalist Day
March 8-14: Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 8-14: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 8-14: Sleep Awareness Week
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 12: World Kidney Day
March 13: World Sleep Day
March 15-21: GI Nurses & Associates Week
March 15-21: National Poison Prevention Week
March 16-22: Brain Awareness Week
March 16-22: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
March 19: Certified Nurses Day
March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20: World Oral Health Day
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
March 24: American Diabetes Alert Day
March 26: Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day
March 30: National Doctors’ Day
March 30: World Bipolar Day
March 30-April 6: World Autism Acceptance Week

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04/15/2025

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11/27/2023

"The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do"

Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?

11/19/2023

"Risks of ma*****na and THC on the heart: What you need to know"

Evidence suggests cannabis may be linked to certain heart problems. Are the risks from smoking ma*****na, or is it the THC in w**d that could be harmful?

11/19/2023

"About three-quarters of Americans do not fear getting Covid-19 this holiday season, KFF survey finds"

Most adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF found. Only about half say they plan to get the latest vaccine, and there’s a similar split around plans to take other precautions.

11/12/2023

"Weight-loss drugs just got cheaper — and better"

Eli Lilly priced its new weight-loss drug Zepbound 20% lower than competitor Wegovy, an unusual move in the pharmaceutical world.

10/20/2023

"...Pfizer to Charge $1,390 for Lifesaving Covid Drug That Costs Just $13"

“Pfizer treats Paxlovid like a Prada handbag; a luxury for the few rather than a treatment for the many,” said one consumer advocate.

10/10/2023

"Needed Pay Increases Arrive: Medscape RN/LPN Compensation Report 2023"

RNs and LPNs reveal their annual compensation and work satisfaction, and give perspectives on peers, career paths, and unions, plus other crucial insights.

08/29/2023

Black lung disease –an incurable condition that causes scarring of lung tissue - is on rise again, in the biggest cluster of disease ever reported. A recent investigation points to failures in federal regulations, and oversight of changing mine conditions.

08/14/2023

"Scrutiny over drug costs shifts to pharmacy benefit managers"

While drugmakers have received most of the heat over drug prices, scrutiny is shifting to a different part of the supply chain: pharmacy benefit managers.