Highlights
National Fentanyl Awareness Day 2024
Tomorrow, May 7th, 2024, is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Fentanyl is an incredibly potent synthetic opioid. It poses grave danger to our youth. It’s crucial to understand its strength and the risks it carries. Fentanyl is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. Even a tiny amount can be lethal. There are…Read more
Observing Mental Health Awareness Month: Why it Matters
Mental Health Awareness Month provides an opportunity to shed light on the importance of mental wellbeing and self-care. It aims to promote health equity by raising awareness, breaking stigma and fostering an inclusive environment for open discussions about mental health challenges. This month, we explore coping strategies, self-care and ways to create a society that embraces and supports…Read more
April is National Minority Health Month. The observance is designed to raise awareness about the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority communities and reducing health disparities. Health disparities show up as higher disease rates, injury or violence that are experienced by certain populations. Data show these differences can occur based on: race and ethnicity…Read more
