24th April: Easter Day

World Health Day, 7 April 2001.

Workers’ Memorial Day — April 28, 2013

Workers' Memorial Day, observed annually on April 28, recognizes workers who suffered or died because of exposures to hazards at work. In 2014, 4,679 U.S. workers died from work-related injuries. Although deaths from work-related injuries are captured by surveillance systems, most deaths from work-related illness are not. In 2007, an estimated 53,445 deaths from work-related illness occurred. I...

Northwestern Computational Research Day – April 19 , 2016

Information Presenting Author:* Danqing Wang E-mail:* [email protected] Position:* Graduate Student Presenter Department:* Applied Physics Principal Investigator(PI):* Teri W. Odom PI Department:* Chemistry Abstract Title: * Superlattice Plasmons in Hierarchical Nanoparticle Arrays Computational Resources: * Quest

World Malaria Day — April 25, 2014

CDC is collaborating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to urge U.S. residents to pay attention to their local air quality during Air Quality Awareness Week, April 28–May 2, 2014. May also is Asthma Awareness Month, and May 6 is World Asthma Day. Asthma sufferers are particularly affected by air pollution. One in 12 U.S. residents (approximately 25.5 million persons) currently has as...

World Health Day — April 7, 2013

Hypertension affects one third of adults in the United States (1) and is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke (2). A previous report found differences in the prevalence of hypertension among racial/ethnic populations in the United States; blacks had a higher prevalence of hypertension, and Hispanics had the lowest use of antihypertensive medication (3). Recent variations in geograph...