Today, the Alliance for Aging Research announced that February 22, 2017, will serve as the first-ever National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, with annual observances to follow.  In addition, the…

30 national organizations called on the US Department of Health and Human Services to include National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, beginning on February 22, 2017, on its National Health Observances Calendar.

Representative Tony Cardenas (D-CA) introduced H.Res.941, expressing support for the designation of February 22, 2017 as “National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day,” coinciding with American Heart Month.