May is the Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness

2025

Prevent Blindness Declares Sixth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Week to Educate Public on Condition That Can Threaten Sight and Mental Wellness
Prevent Blindness Launches New Resource to Help Consumers Understand Eye Care Benefits During Open Enrollment Season and Beyond
Prevent Blindness Launches New Resources for Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Month
Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Week
Governor J.D. Pritzker Issues Official State Proclamation Declaring October 9, 2025, as World Sight Day in the State of Illinois
Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health
Eye Thrive Named Recipient of 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
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
New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources for Cataract Month
Prevent Blindness to Hold 17th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas
Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act
Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs
May is the Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision
Prevent Blindness Announces Leadership Promotions
Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Matt MacDonald, President and Global Head of Managed Care at EyeMed Vision Care, Named Chair-elect of Prevent Blindness Board of Directors
2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit – Perspectives in Vision
2025 Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Prevent Blindness Holds 2025 Person of Vision Event Honoring Howard Purcell, O.D.
The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week
2025 Jenny Pomeroy and Rising Visionary Awards Call for Nominations
Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Receives Transformative Legacy Gift of $9.7 Million
2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala to be Held During Vision Expo East

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May is the Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness

Prevent Blindness Declares May as Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) and Genetic Testing Month with the goal to educate patients on various forms of IRDs, and...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

Prevent Blindness strongly calls on the West Virginia State House to reject HB 3444. If enacted, this legislation would remove the mandate that all newborns...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Announces Leadership Promotions

Prevent Blindness Promotes Five Staff Across Executive, Marketing and Communications, Government Affairs, and Public Health Departments Prevent Blindness has announced the promotion of five of...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

Nonprofit Group Prevent Blindness Offers a Variety of Free Educational Resources to Help Educate the Public and Raise Awareness of Women’s Vision and Eye Health...

Mar

Matt MacDonald, President and Global Head of Managed Care at EyeMed Vision Care, Named Chair-elect of Prevent Blindness Board of Directors

Prevent Blindness Holds Spring Board of Directors Meeting, Naming Matt MacDonald as Board Chair-elect, and Presents Board of Directors Emeritus Member Paul Howes, Translatum Medicus...

Mar

Eye and Vision News

May is the Second Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness

Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

Prevent Blindness Announces Leadership Promotions

Prevent Blindness Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

Matt MacDonald, President and Global Head of Managed Care at EyeMed Vision Care, Named Chair-elect of Prevent Blindness Board of Directors

2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit – Perspectives in Vision

2025 Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Prevent Blindness Holds 2025 Person of Vision Event Honoring Howard Purcell, O.D.

The Second Annual “Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week

2025 Jenny Pomeroy and Rising Visionary Awards Call for Nominations

Prevent Blindness Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month

Prevent Blindness Receives Transformative Legacy Gift of $9.7 Million

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