UPMC supports and provides health care for all conditions, illnesses, and medical needs. All health observances are important. Although we cannot recognize all of them through the UPMC colors, we work to represent as many as possible through the chosen color.
Why Orange in March?
For the month of March, UPMC has turned our sign at U.S. Steel Tower orange in honor of the following:
- National Kidney Month.
- World Kidney Day – March 14.
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month.
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
We would also like to recognize:
- World Birth Defects Day – March 3 (blue).
- World Down Syndrome Day – March 21 (blue and yellow).
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day – March 25 (green).
- Medical Genetics Awareness Week – March 18 to 21.
- Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month (red).
- Colorectal/Colon Cancer Awareness Month (blue).
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month (yellow).
- Myeloma Action Month (burgundy).
- National Nutrition Month (blue and purple).
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month (green).
- Save Your Vision Month.
- Tuberculosis Awareness Month (red).
- National Poison Prevention Month.
