Why are people wearing red today?

Why are people wearing red today?

Today Is National Wear Red Day. National Wear Red Day is intended to help raise awareness of heart disease, in particular among women. Heart disease is often generally associated with men, but cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women.

Why is Friday Wear Red Day?

National Wear Red Day, on the first Friday in February, is an annual campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in women. Heart disease and stroke kill one in three women. These diseases are 80 percent preventable according to Go Red for Women's official website.

What does it mean to go red?

(idiomatic) To blush. After mentioning her ex-boyfriend, she started to go red. (idiomatic) To become sunburnt. Red-haired people go red more easily than dark-haired people. (idiomatic, US politics) Of states, counties, or Congress seats, to be carried by a Republican candidate in a given U.S. election.

Is today National Wear Red Day?

The first Friday in February (February 7) is National Wear Red Day. On this day in February, which is considered American Heart Month, everyone across the country dons the color red in order to raise and spread awareness in hopes to help eradicate heart disease and stroke in millions of women all over the nation.