2026

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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Sep

Dr. Donny W. Suh of UC Irvine receives Children’s Vision Award

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has announced the recipient of the eighth annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for...

Sep

Prevent Blindness & MedLive Offer Free Diabetic Macular Edema Webinar

Prevent Blindness and MedLive, an online education platform dedicated to providing reliable health information that supports shared decision-making with care teams and improved health outcomes,...

Sep

PB & Prevention of Blindness Society World Sight Day on Capitol Hill

On Wed., Sept. 21, Prevent Blindness, and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, held the first World Sight Day Vision Screening and Eye...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Declares Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness to Provide Educational Information, Raise Awareness of Various Inflammatory Eye Diseases to Promote Early Detection and Treatment to Help Save Sight Prevent Blindness,...

Sep

Megan Molony of National Vision Inc. named 2023 Person of Vision

The 2023 Person of Vision Award will be presented to Megan Molony, senior vice president, chief merchandising and managed care officer, of National Vision Inc....

Sep

Horizon Therapeutics joins IAPB for #LoveYourEyes on World Sight Day

Annual observance aims to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment as a major global public health and development issue Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP)...

Aug

Regener-Eyes® Ophthalmic Solution Partners with PB to Preserve Sight

Regener-Eyes® Ophthalmic Solution has Partnered with Prevent Blindness to assist in the mission to prevent blindness and preserve sight From the months of August through...

Aug

Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More than 26,000 Eye Injuries Related to Sports Treated Last Year

September Declared as Sports Eye Safety Month by Prevent Blindness to Educate Public on Importance of Sports Eye Protection Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading volunteer...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion for Supporting the Initiative’s Vision

Prevent Blindness is pleased to be recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Offers Webinars, Services and Free Resources for August’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month During the “Year of Children’s Vision”

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, and 2022 is the “Year of Children’s Vision” at Prevent Blindness. This year, Prevent Blindness is offering...

Jul

Prevent Blindness to Hold 14th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament at Vision Expo West

The 2022 Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament will take place on Wed., Sept. 14, at the Bali Hai Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.,...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Holds 11th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit

Prevent Blindness held the 11th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit as a virtual event on July 13 and 14, 2022 This...