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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Mar

Prevent Blindness Joins CDC Anti-Smoking Effort

Prevent Blindness Joins CDC In Public Awareness Campaign to Help Educate Public on Dangerous Effects of Smoking on Vision -National Groups Are Working Together to Spread...

Mar

Women at Higher Risk than Men for Most Eye Diseases

Women at Higher Risk than Men for Most Eye Diseases, Yet One in Four Has Not Had an Eye Exam in Last Two Years ...

Mar

Fourth Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit

Prevent Blindness Announces the Fourth Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit CHICAGO (March 18, 2015) – Prevent Blindness and its partners announce the...

Mar

New Board Members

Two New Members Elected to Prevent Blindness Board of Directors Dr. Carole Kenner and J. David Pierson Join Board at Spring Meeting ...

Feb

Partnership With National Black Church Initiative

Prevent Blindness and the National Black Church Initiative Team Up to Address Vision and Eye Health -New “Community InSight” Program Designed to Educate...

Feb

Computers and Your Sight

Prevent Blindness Warns Increased Screen Time in the Workplace Can Cause Vision Problems CHICAGO (Feb. 24, 2015)– Computers, tablets and smartphones are necessary devices...

Jan

Living Well with Low Vision Partners with Enablemart

Living Well with Low Vision Partners with Enablemart to Support Growing Community of People with Low Vision. Visitors to Living Well with Low Vision,...

Jan

Children’s Vision Webinar

Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health hosted a webinar on January 23, 2015: Exploring the National Recommendations for Children’s...

Jan

AMD and Low Vision to Increase in Coming Years

Prevent Blindness Study Shows Number of Those Affected by AMD and Low Vision to Increase Substantially in Near and Distant Future – Group Provides...

Jan

Investigator Award Applications Due by March 6

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Applications For the 2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award Annual Grant Provides Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Jan. 15, 2015)– Prevent...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Sponsors IOM Report

Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health Sponsor Institute of Medicine Report New Study Seeks to Provide Extensive Data and...

Jan

Children’s Eye Health Strategies Webinar

Prevent Blindness to Host Free Webinar on Recently Published Recommendations for Children’s Eye Health Strategies CHICAGO (Jan. 8, 2015) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest...