2026

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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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...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Urges President-Elect to Consider the Impact of Vision Problems

Prevent Blindness sends a letter to President-Elect Donald J. Trump Last week, Prevent Blindness sent a letter to President-Elect Donald J. Trump and his transition...

Nov

More than 251,000 Toy-related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments

Prevent Blindness Offers Tips on How to Purchase Safe Toys and Gifts for Kids In the United States, emergency rooms treated 251,800 toy-related injuries, according...

Nov

Marge Axelrad to Receive Person of Vision Award

Prevent Blindness Names Marge Axelrad of Vision Monday/Jobson Optical Group, as 2017 Person of Vision Award Recipient Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health...

Nov

Your Child’s Sight

Vision is a critical part of child development and learning. Prevent Blindness supports vision screenings, eye exams, and follow up care and treatment for children...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Elects New Board Members

Prevent Blindness Elects New Chairperson, Three Members to National Board of Directors Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, has announced...

Oct

Prevent Blindness & Liberty Sport Performance Vision Center Award

Prevent Blindness and Liberty Sport Announce New Performance Vision Center Award Award recognizes a commitment to “Protecting and Enhancing Vision through Education, Assessment, and Intervention” ...

Oct

Diabetic Retinopathy Numbers Expected to Increase Significantly

Diabetic Retinopathy Numbers Expected to Increase Significantly Today more than 8 million Americans have diabetic retinopathy. That number is expected to jump in the coming years,...