Established in 2005 by CDC, National Influenza Vaccination Week is a national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination. This week’s Friday Five provides information about influenza, populations most at risk and prevention.
From all of us at Answers Media Network we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. Over the holiday the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family.
From all of us at Answers Media Network we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. Over the holiday the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family.
This year’s Great American Smokeout is on November 21st, just one week away, and our Friday Five offers tips, information and resources about smoking in support of this worthy event.
Excellence in health reporting was celebrated at the first annual Power Press Awards held at HLTH, the mega-meeting where leaders from throughout the health ecosystem gather to share innovation, outline challenges and set a course how innovation can make its greatest impact on care.
Medici, a virtual healthcare company, launched Operation 11/11, a new initiative providing no-cost virtual consults to all U.S. veterans on Veterans Day, November 11. This week’s Friday Five tells all about what Operation 11/11 has to offer.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and this week’s Friday Five offers resources, tips and the latest in all things cybersecurity.
A wave of pink seems to wash over everything this time of year as companies, organizations, athletes, healthcare workers and individuals join the movement each October to show their support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This week’s Friday Five highlights the latest in research, treatment, fund raising and prevention.
Nurse Lauren, contributor of NursesNOW, discusses Breast Cancer Awareness Month this week in her Wellness Wednesday post. Remember that in addition to wearing pink this month to raise awareness, you should also be doing your monthly self-checks and scheduling your yearly mammogram.
This week’s Friday Five highlights U.S. National Health IT Week, a nationwide action week focused on catalyzing change within the U.S. health system through the application of information and technology.
The AMA Women Physicians Section and the AMA Foundation announced the winners of the 2019 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women research grants program.
Recognizing the need to raise awareness and spur prevention, the Sepsis Alliance dubbed September Sepsis Awareness Month. This week’s Friday Five focuses on sepsis awareness and is brought to you by Vocera and Capsule Technologies.
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