2026

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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Jun

Samsara Vision to Initiate a U.S. PMA Supplemental Study of the SING IMT™, a New-Generation Technology for Age- Related Macular Degeneration

Samsara Vision, a company focused on bringing vision and freedom back to patients with late-stage, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through advanced visual prosthetic devices, today...

Jun

July Declared as Dry Eye Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness to Increase Awareness and Education on Condition that Affects Vision, Mental Health

Prevent Blindness Offers Fact Sheets, Graphics, Video and Web Resource to Educate Public on Dry Eye Symptoms, Treatment Options, and More “Dry eye disease (DED)”...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Declares Second Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week as June 28-July 4 to Educate Public on the Dangers of Fireworks

Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Celebrate Independence Day Safely, Leave Fireworks to Competent, Licensed Operators in Authorized Displays Only Prevent Blindness has declared June 28-July...

Jun

Call for Nominations Issued for the 2022 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness

Annual, National Award Recognizes Outstanding Public Health Efforts to Improve the Vision Health of Children in the United States The National Center for Children’s Vision...

May

For Cataract Awareness Month in June, Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Information and Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States

June is Cataract Awareness Month More than half of all Americans age 80 or older either have cataracts or have had surgery to remove cataracts,...

May

Prevent Blindness to Host 11th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Event

This year’s Summit will include a variety of presentations related to the theme, “Eye-conic Approaches to Eye Health,” offering simultaneous access to expert presentations; a...

May

Prevent Blindness Declares Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Week as May 16-22

Prevent Blindness enters third year of raising awareness and promoting education about inherited retinal diseases and the importance of genetic testing Prevent Blindness has declared...

May

Prevent Blindness to Hold First-Ever ASPECT Patient Advocacy and Engagement Summit in Washington, D.C.

Three-day event to bring together participants and sponsors of the Prevent Blindness ASPECT (Advocacy, Support, Perspective, Empowerment, Communication, and Training) Patient Engagement Program Prevent Blindness...

Apr

Prevent Blindness and Regeneron Unite to Help Save Eyesight through the “Diabetes and the Eyes” Program

Diabetes program expanded with community events and new resources to educate on diabetes effects on vision and eye health Prevent Blindness and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,...

Apr

May is Ultraviolet Awareness (UV) Month at Prevent Blindness, Designed to Educate the Public on the Best Ways to Keep Eyes Safe from UV Damage

Prevent Blindness provides free, dedicated resources to encourage proper eye protection from UV damage to eyes and vision As the warmer weather begins to encourage...

Apr

Recipients of the 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health and Rising Visionary Award Announced

Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2022 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health as VOSH/International (V/I). Additionally, Prevent Blindness...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Holds 2022 Person of Vision Award Event, Honoring Rick Gadd of Essilor North America, at Vision Expo East

Prevent Blindness presented the 2022 Person of Vision Award to Rick Gadd, former president of Essilor North America, and recently named president of Wholesale Canada...