October is Contact Lens Safety Month with Goal to Educate Consumers on Contact Lens Use

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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

October is Contact Lens Safety Month with Goal to Educate Consumers on Contact Lens Use

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Resources, Including Dedicated Webpages, Downloadable Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics, and Video, on Ways to Use Contact Lenses Correctly and...

Sep

Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, Named as the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Recipient

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala, held at Vision Expo in Orlando, Fla., to Honor Jim McGrann, President and CEO of Advancing Eyecare...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities

Government ShutdownDue to the federal government shutdown, Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington have cancelled the Congressional briefing and screening...

Sep

House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million

The House Appropriations Committee has approved legislation that includes a $2 million cut to the Vision Health Initiative (VHI) at the Centers for Disease Control...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month as Sports Eye Injuries Increase

New Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More Than 43,300 Sports Eye Injuries Were Treated in 2024, an Alarming 33% Increase Over the Previous Year Prevent...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Announces New Diabetes and the Eyes Advisory Committee

New Prevent Blindness “Diabetes + the Eyes” Advisory Committee to address diabetes, the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults Prevent Blindness has announced the...

Jul

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness

Prevent Blindness offers free resources on children’s vision topics, including eye conditions, safety, eye patching and more As many families are preparing for a new...

Jul

National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Calls for Nominations for the 2025 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The 11th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award from the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness, recognizes significant...

Jun

Eye and Vision News

October is Contact Lens Safety Month with Goal to Educate Consumers on Contact Lens Use

Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, Named as the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Recipient

Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities

House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month as Sports Eye Injuries Increase

Prevent Blindness Announces New Diabetes and the Eyes Advisory Committee

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness

National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Calls for Nominations for the 2025 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

Prevent Blindness Declares June 28-July 4, 2025, as Fifth Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week

July is Dry Eye Month at Prevent Blindness with Goal to Raise Awareness and Educate the Public on the Eye Condition

Prevent Blindness to Co-host Free “Healthy Sight for Life: A Diabetes and Eye Health Fair”

From Eye Patches to Indie Films: How Pop Culture Can Spark Conversations About Children’s Vision Health

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