Event: International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month
Description: Group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) are bacteria that come and go naturally in the body. Most of the time the bacteria are not harmful, but they can cause serious illness in people of all ages.
Event: Cord Blood Awareness
Description: Cord blood can be used to treat diseases and assist in tissue regeneration. If you’re an expectant parent, you have several options when donating cord blood to help treat blood cancers and other life-threatening diseases. Unless you choose one of these options, the umbilical cord and placenta are typically discarded after the baby is born.
Event: Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
Description: Juvenile arthritis affects nearly 300,000 children in the United States and is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the tissue lined inside the joints in children ages 16 or younger.
Event: World Hepatitis Day
Description: Hepatitis refers to an inflammatory condition of the liver. There are various causes of hepatitis. These include autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis that occurs as a secondary result of medications, drugs, toxins, and alcohol.