August 2026!

Transitioning from a summer-time fun into a school-year learning frame of mind can be tough. This issue explores how to prepare for the back-to-school season as well as how to make it to September without being drained by mosquitoes!

In This Issue: August 2026 Health and Safety Bulletin

• Back to School
• Stop the Bite

Observances/Awareness:

Month: Autoinflammatory, Gastroparesis, Hair Loss, Psoriasis, Minority Donor, Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Days/Weeks:

Can-It-Forward Day: 1

Breast Feeding Week: 1-7

Farmers Market Week: 2-8

Heritage Day (STAT): 3

Cloves Syndrome: 3

PVNH Disorder: 7

International Youth Day: 12

Perseid Meteor Shower Peak: 12-13

Left-Handers Day: 13

Backflow Prevention Day: 16

Contact Lens Health Week: 16-22

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Day: 18

Breast Cancer Research Day: 18

World Humanitarian Day: 19

World Water Week: 23-27

More Herbs, Less Salt: 29

Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29

Day of Enforced Disappearances: 30

Overdose Awareness Day: 31

Diatomaceous Earth Day: 31