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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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Feb

Partnership With National Black Church Initiative

Prevent Blindness and the National Black Church Initiative Team Up to Address Vision and Eye Health -New “Community InSight” Program Designed to Educate...

Feb

Computers and Your Sight

Prevent Blindness Warns Increased Screen Time in the Workplace Can Cause Vision Problems CHICAGO (Feb. 24, 2015)– Computers, tablets and smartphones are necessary devices...

Jan

Living Well with Low Vision Partners with Enablemart

Living Well with Low Vision Partners with Enablemart to Support Growing Community of People with Low Vision. Visitors to Living Well with Low Vision,...

Jan

Children’s Vision Webinar

Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health hosted a webinar on January 23, 2015: Exploring the National Recommendations for Children’s...

Jan

AMD and Low Vision to Increase in Coming Years

Prevent Blindness Study Shows Number of Those Affected by AMD and Low Vision to Increase Substantially in Near and Distant Future – Group Provides...

Jan

Investigator Award Applications Due by March 6

Prevent Blindness Announces Call for Applications For the 2015 Joanne Angle Investigator Award Annual Grant Provides Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Jan. 15, 2015)– Prevent...

Jan

Prevent Blindness Sponsors IOM Report

Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health Sponsor Institute of Medicine Report New Study Seeks to Provide Extensive Data and...

Jan

Children’s Eye Health Strategies Webinar

Prevent Blindness to Host Free Webinar on Recently Published Recommendations for Children’s Eye Health Strategies CHICAGO (Jan. 8, 2015) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest...

Dec

Cases and Costs of Glaucoma Projected to Soar

Prevent Blindness Study Projects Number of Cases and Costs Related to Glaucoma to Soar in Years to Come CHICAGO(Dec. 17, 2014) – According...

Dec

New Recommendations for Vision Health Systems

National Expert Panel Provides Recommendations for Vision Health Systems for Preschool Age Children –Expert Panel to the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health...

Dec

New National Board Members

Prevent Blindness Adds Member, Appoints New Treasurer and Secretary to National Board of Directors Kevin Bakewell, Mary Blankenship Pointer and Torrey DeKeyser Take on...

Nov

Purchase Safe Toys for the Holidays

Help Keep Thousands of Children Out of the Emergency Room this Holiday Season by Purchasing Safe Toys and Gifts Consumers Should Check Their List Twice...