Protecting Eyes from UV Rays Can Save Your Sight

2026

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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Apr

Protecting Eyes from UV Rays Can Save Your Sight

Prevent Blindness Declares May as Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month to Educate Public on Dangers of Extended UV Exposure Many people know about the damage that...

Apr

“Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award” Call for Nominations

Award Recognizes Outstanding Efforts to Improve Eye Health Services for Children in the United States The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at...

Apr

Person of Vision

Prevent Blindness presented Marge Axelrad, senior vice president, editorial director at Vision Monday/Jobson Optical Group, with the 2017 Person of Vision Award. Marge Axelrad with...

Mar

2017 Focus On Eye Health National Summit

Prevent Blindness Announces the Sixth Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit Prevent Blindness will hold the sixth annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit...

Mar

More Women than Men Have Eye Disease

As More Women than Men Have Eye Disease, Prevent Blindness Urges Women to Make Their Vision a Priority Today -Prevent Blindness Declares April as...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Urges Secretary Price to Prioritize Eye and Vision Health

In a letter to the newly confirmed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, Thomas Price, Prevent Blindness urges the secretary to prioritize...

Feb

Protect Your Vision on the Job

Prevent Blindness Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Educate on Ways to Protect Vision on the Job Prevent Blindness has declared March as...

Feb

Building Stronger Systems for Better Children’s Vision Care

As part of the Improving Children’s Vision: Systems, Stakeholders & Support (ICV) collaborative, the state team in Arizona found that many children were not only...

Feb

Tickets for 2017 Person of Vision Event Sold Out

Tickets for 2017 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Marge Axelrad, Sold Out Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety...

Feb

Bausch + Lomb and Prevent Blindness Urge Americans to Fight for Their Sight

February is National Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month Bausch + Lomb Partners with Jeopardy!® to Sponsor Special “Eye Health” Category Consumers Drive Disease Awareness...

Jan

Investigator Award Call for Applications 2017

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Applications for the 2017 Joanne Angle Investigator Award 14th Annual Grant Provides Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Jan. 4, 2017)...

Dec

Glaucoma Projected to Increase Significantly Due To Aging U.S. Population

Glaucoma, commonly referred to as the “sneak thief of sight,” currently affects nearly 3 million people ages 40 and older. According to the Prevent Blindness...