2026

Sixth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease Week from Prevent Blindness to be Held on Oct. 19-25
Prevent Blindness Urges HHS to Preserve Head Start Vision Screenings
Prevent Blindness Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month, Encourages Safe Habits for Contact Lens Wear
Prevent Blindness Applauds Introduction of the Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026
Prevent Blindness Joins 2026 World Sight Day Activities to Help Encourage Americans to ‘Love Your Eyes’
Prevent Blindness Names Reade Fahs, National Vision, as its 2027 Person of Vision Award Recipient
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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Oct

Halloween Safety Tips – Preventing Eye Injuries

Halloween should be a fun time that your child remembers for years to come. Every year, there are several hundred eye injuries related to costumes...

Oct

PBA, Uvex Launch Workplace Eye Safety Program

Prevent Blindness America and Uvex Launch Innovative Eye2Eye Safety Program to Improve Workplace Eye Protection CHICAGOand SMITHFIELD, R.I. (Oct. 18, 2011) – Prevent...

Oct

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit Presentation

The National center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health presented at the Oregon Children’s Vision Summit on September 16th. The presentation from that meeting is...

Sep

Home: the Most Dangerous Place for Eyes

– Study Shows More Eye Injuries Occur at Home than at Work and School Combined – CHICAGO (Sept. 29, 2011) – Home may be where...

Sep

PBA Supports National Falls Prevention Day

Prevent Blindness America Supports National Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23 – Falls Are the Leading Cause of both Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries for...

Sep

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit

Leaders in Eye Health to Host First EverOregon Children’s Vision Summit CHICAGO (Sept. 9, 2011)– Because one in four school-age children have some form of...

Sep

Support Vision and Eye Health Across America!

Now is the time for the Eye Care Action Network (Eye CAN) to tell Congress to support vision and eye health programs that preserve sight...

Sep

FDA Warns of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin Injections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals that repackaged intravitreal injections of Avastin (bevacizumab) have caused a cluster of serious...

Sep

FDA Warns of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin Injections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals that repackaged intravitreal injections of Avastin (bevacizumab) have caused a cluster of serious...

Sep

Voting for Child with the Most Beautiful Eyes Begins

For the Month of September, Prevent Blindness America Wants Public to Vote for Their Choice of the Child with the Most Beautiful Eyes CHICAGO...

Aug

The need for the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health

The Center is designed to support the development of public health infrastructure to promote and ensure a comprehensive, multi tiered continuum of vision care and...

Aug

Stay in the Game: Protect Your Eyes While Playing Sports

Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic Urges Athletes of Any Age to Care for Their Eyes by Wearing Proper Eye Protection Richmond, VA (August 24, 2011)– Every...

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Halloween Safety Tips – Preventing Eye Injuries

PBA, Uvex Launch Workplace Eye Safety Program

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit Presentation

Home: the Most Dangerous Place for Eyes

PBA Supports National Falls Prevention Day

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit

Support Vision and Eye Health Across America!

FDA Warns of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin Injections

FDA Warns of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin Injections

Voting for Child with the Most Beautiful Eyes Begins

The need for the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health

Stay in the Game: Protect Your Eyes While Playing Sports

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