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Written by Ronny Bachrach July marks Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month. For our community, it’s an important time to educate people that #kidsgetarthritistoo and to bring attention to the challenges of living with an invisible chronic illness. My 5-year-old daughter Sammy has a rare form of systemic arthritis called SJIA. Her immune system becomes overactive, resulting in inflammation of her organs,

Observed every year in the last week of April, World Immunization Week aims to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination in protecting people of all ages against preventable diseases (basically, our credo).

Celebrated every year on the last day of February, we honor the 350 million people worldwide who live with a rare disease.

Thursday, February 29th is Rare Disease Day, and as the mother of a child with a rare disease, childhood vaccination is a vital topic.

It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, and the CDC wants to remind all of two things: it is not too late to protect yourself against the flu by getting vaccinated, and by getting the vaccine you will tame your flu illness and its symptoms from wild to mild.

Part of what makes this time of year so special, whether through personal or communal nostalgia, is the feeling that we can always fall back on our community. As adults, we often forget that, which isolates us when we do not need to do that to ourselves.

It makes sense that National Immunization Awareness Month is August, as students of all ages head back to school. Keeping up with routine vaccinations is important for public health, and of course for the wellbeing of students themselves. Vaccines are especially divisive right now, but it’s important to remember why they exist: to keep kids and adults safe from dangerous diseases that