May Health Awareness Calendar    (Download Full List of Health Observances )

American Stroke Awareness Month

Arthritis Awareness Month

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Clean Air Month

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month

Food Allergy Action Month

Global Employee Health and Fitness Month

Healthy Vision Month

Hepatitis Awareness Month

International Mediterranean Diet Month

Lupus Awareness Month

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

Mental Health Month

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

Ultraviolet Awareness Month

National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1–7)

World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 5–11)

National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 5–11)

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 11)

National Women’s Health Week (May 12–18)

National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 12–18)

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)

World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)

Don’t Fry Day (May 24)

National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 29)