2026

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Named Recipient of the 12th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness, Provide Education to Help Avoid Eye Injuries
Prevent Blindness Statement on Proposals to Change the Head Start Program
Prevent Blindness Expresses Concern Over Medicaid Community Engagement and Eligibility Requirements for Visually Impaired
Prevent Blindness Introduces New Resources and Advances National and State Advocacy Efforts to Save Children’s Vision as Part of August’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness Honors Bipartisan Leadership of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Marc Veasey, with Congressional Visionary Award
July Declared as Dry Eye Month by Prevent Blindness to Provide Public and Allied Healthcare Professionals with No-cost Educational Resources on Dry Eye
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Calls for Nominations for the 2026 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Issues Warning on the Potential Dangers of Fireworks Ahead of 250th Anniversary Celebration
June is Cataract Month – Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States
Prevent Blindness to Host the 2026 ASPECT Patient Engagement Summit and Eyes on Capitol Hill Legislative Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
Prevent Blindness Declares May as Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off its 2026 Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series “Powering Partnerships to Advance Eye Health” in May
April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness, Aimed at Providing Women with Resources Needed to Help Save Vision
Prevent Blindness Declares First-Ever Keratoconus Week
Prevent Blindness Holds 2026 Person of Vision Award Gala, Honoring Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, as Part of Vision Expo
Prevent Blindness Debuts “Best Eyes for Life” National Multimedia Campaign as Survey Reveals Concerning Misconceptions on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Offers Free Educational Resources to Employers and Employees for Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Third Annual Prevent Blindness Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week Kicks off as Part of its National ROP Education and Support Initiative
February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Month
Congress Cuts Vision and Eye Health Funding by One-Third in Fiscal Year 2026
Tickets and Sponsorships Available for the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala
The “It Started With an Eye Exam” Campaign Rolls Out its Second Year

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Jan

Prevent Blindness supports UN Special Envoy on Vision appointment

Prevent Blindness supports the appointment of a Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Vision to the United Nations Today, Prevent Blindness has requested that Linda...

Jan

PB seeks nominations for 2023 Jenny Pomeroy & Rising Visionary Awards

Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award Recipients to be presented awards at the 12th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus...

Dec

Prevent Blindness joins Glaucoma Community for Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness offers a variety of free glaucoma educational resources, including “The Glaucoma Community,” to patients with the eye disease and their caregivers As part...

Dec

FY 2023 funding includes $6.5M for CDC’s Vision & Eye Health Programs

Congress has released its long-awaited Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 spending legislation, which includes a total of $6.5 million for vision and eye health programs at...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week Dec. 5-11, 2022

Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources for Patients and Healthcare Professionals for Geographic Atrophy, an Advanced Form of Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevent Blindness is announcing...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Declares TED Awareness Week Nov. 14-20, 2022

Prevent Blindness to provide TED educational materials, promote awareness, and offer unique Art Therapy program for patients and care partners Prevent Blindness has declared Nov....

Nov

Prevent Blindness Names Jim McGrann Chair, Adds New Board Members

Jim McGrann, CEO of PECAA, Officially Appointed Chair of the Prevent Blindness Board of Directors, While Susan A. Primo, OD, MPH, FAAO, Emory Eye Center,...

Nov

New study finds higher AMD prevalence & high county variation

New study from leading researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Michigan, and the Centers...

Nov

PB Revamps, Expands its “Living Well With Low Vision” Online Resource

Living Well With Low Vision Has Been Redesigned and Updated to Better Serve the Millions of People with Low Vision, their Caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals...

Oct

Prevent Blindness resources for Diabetes Eye Disease Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness Offers Videos, Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics and PowerPoint Presentations to Educate Public on the Potential Effects that Diabetes May Have on Vision According to...

Oct

World Sight Day event by Prevent Blindness & Horizon at Soldier Field

Prevent Blindness and Horizon Therapeutics plc, will be hosting a free vision screening and eye health educational event on World Sight Day. World Sight Day,...

Sep

Screening & Eye Health Event by PB & Horizon near Wrigley Field

WHEN: Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. CT WHERE: Gallagher Way, 1060 W Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613 Prevent Blindness and...