Sixth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease Week from Prevent Blindness to be Held on Oct. 19-25

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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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Sixth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease Week from Prevent Blindness to be Held on Oct. 19-25

Prevent Blindness offers new educational resources on inflammatory eye diseases, which include conjunctivitis, keratitis, thyroid eye disease and uveitis Prevent Blindness has declared its sixth...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Urges HHS to Preserve Head Start Vision Screenings

This week, Prevent Blindness urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw and revise its proposed rule, “Reducing Federal Burden for...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month, Encourages Safe Habits for Contact Lens Wear

Prevent Blindness Reminds Consumers of the Importance of Contact Lens Safety Practices, Offers Tips and Resources to Keep Eyes Healthy Prevent Blindness has declared October...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Applauds Introduction of the Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026

Today, Prevent Blindness is pleased to support the introduction of the Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026 by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24). The legislation seeks to...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Joins 2026 World Sight Day Activities to Help Encourage Americans to ‘Love Your Eyes’

Prevent Blindness and its affiliates join with the global organization, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, on “World Sight Day,” offering a variety...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Names Reade Fahs, National Vision, as its 2027 Person of Vision Award Recipient

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala, honoring Reade Fahs, Executive Chairman at National Vision, Inc., to be held at 2027 Vision Expo, Las...

Sep

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Named Recipient of the 12th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

Award to Be Presented by the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness, Provide Education to Help Avoid Eye Injuries

Prevent Blindness data shows more than 44,000 sports eye injuries were treated in 2025, including those related to fast-growing sport, pickleball Prevent Blindness has once...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Statement on Proposals to Change the Head Start Program

Prevent Blindness is profoundly concerned about a proposed rule from the Trump Administration that would fundamentally change the Head Start Program. Head Start provides comprehensive,...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Expresses Concern Over Medicaid Community Engagement and Eligibility Requirements for Visually Impaired

Medicaid “community engagement” and eligibility requirements may have profound impact on people with progressive vision loss and low vision In a response letter to an...

Jul

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

As many children head back to school, Prevent Blindness launches new Children’s Vision Screening Certification Course and advocates for legislators to pass the Early Detection...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Honors Bipartisan Leadership of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Marc Veasey, with Congressional Visionary Award

Prevent Blindness presents U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) with “Congressional Visionary Award” for their efforts to prioritize vision and eye health...