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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

2019 Persons of Vision Award Recipients

Prevent Blindness Names Dr. Glenn Ellisor and Jim Greenwood of Vision Source Signature Eye Care as 2019 Persons of Vision Award Recipients Prevent Blindness has...

Sep

Contact Lenses Classified as Medical Devices by the FDA – Prescriptions Required for Purchase

October is Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness, Created to Provide Consumers Tips to Protect Vision According to the Centers for Disease Control...

Aug

New Data Shows More than 30,000 Sports-Related Eye Injuries

Prevent Blindness Provides Tips on Best Ways to Protect Vision While Playing Sports New annual data from Prevent Blindness shows that there were more than 33,000...

Aug

Fourth Annual Bonnie Strickland Award

Award Presented to the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study Group, and Richard Bunner, formerly of the Ohio Department of Health The National Center for Children’s...

Jul

Family Income, Ethnicity and Health Literacy May Affect Children’s Vision, Eye Care Access

Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Helps Make Vision Care for Kids a Priority August for many children in the United States is the beginning...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Elects Two New Members to National Board of Directors

Click here to read the full press release by Prevent Blindness!

Jul

Thirteenth Annual Eyes on Capitol Hill Advocacy Event

Delegates From Across the Country will Educate Government Representatives on the Importance of Healthy Sight and Vision Programs Prevent Blindness will be holding its thirteenth...

May

CBS News – Growing Number of Children Becoming Nearsighted, Screen Time Could be to Blame

Click below to watch the CBS news clip about how screens are affecting children’s vision. CBS News

May

Millions of Americans Have Cataract

Number of Cataract Cases Expected to Soar in Coming Decades In the United States, more than 25 million Americans have cataract, a medical condition in...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Educates the Public on the Harmful Effect of UV Rays

May is Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month Prevent Blindness has declared May as Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month to help educate the public on the dangers that UV...

Apr

Call for Nominations for the 2018 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The Award recognizes significant efforts by an individual or group of individuals to improve public health for children’s vision. The deadline for submission is June 15,...

Apr

Seventh Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit

July 18, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A series of presentations will be conducted in...