June

World Blood Donors Day on 14th June 2005

Following the success of the World Health Day 2000 with the theme 'Blood Saves Lives, 14th June is observed as the World Blood Donors Day.// The date coincides with the birth date of Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO blood group system. The International Blood Donor Day is organized annually by the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations since 1995. The World...

Hunger Awareness Day to Shed Light on Surprising Face of Hunger June 5

CHICAGO, Today America's Second Harvest -- The Nation's Food Bank Network kicks-off Hunger Awareness Day 2007 with 200 food banks and more than 20,000 food service agencies participating in events across the country. Also, as legislators in Washington D.C. begin to consider drafts of a new Farm Bill and the critically important federal nutrition programs it supports, America's Second Har...

Dystonia Awareness Week: 4 -11 June, 2007

Does the term Dystonia bring to mind the word tone? You are right about that; only that it refers to muscle tone or rather, impaired muscle tone . Dystonia is a medical term for a neuro-muscular condition. It is more aptly described as a movement disorder. Individuals affected with this malady have no voluntary control over their muscular movements, which results in spasms and sustai...

June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month, and to commemorate the occasion 27 walks will be held in 16 states . The Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma walks all share a common purpose: to raise awareness and funds for scleroderma. "These events galvanize our patient communities while raising the public profile of a little known but often debilitating disease," said Frances Waldron,...

Blue Moon at Midnight from June 1

For those living in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, viewing the Blue Moon will be possible after midnight of June 1. Some almanacs and calendars assert that when two full Moons occur within a calendar month, that the second full Moon is called the "Blue Moon." For example, if you live London, you will officially have to wait until June 30 to declare that the moon...

Sunita Returns June 21 After 194-day Record Space Odyssey

Indian American astronaut, Sunita Williams is all set to return home June 21 after a record breaking 194-day space odyssey by a woman with the mission managers giving the green signal. Sunita and six other astronauts who came June 10 to fetch her bid farewell to her replacement Clayton Anderson and two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) before the hatches b...