New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision

2026

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

New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision

In advance of the release of the new Disney/Pixar film “Elio,” non-profits Prevent Blindness, and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at...

May

Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources for Cataract Month

Prevent Blindness offers free cataract resources including fact sheets, social media graphics, a dedicated web page, expert video and a listing of financial assistance for...

May

Prevent Blindness to Hold 17th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas

Prevent Blindness has announced that the 17th Annual Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf outing will take place on Wed., Sept. 17, 2025, at the Bali...

May

Prevent Blindness Applauds Reintroduction of Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act

Prevent Blindness urges Congress to pass bipartisan legislation, the “Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act,” designed to improve eye care access and health...

Apr

Prevent Blindness and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Urge Continued Funding for Global Eye Health Programs

Through letters recently submitted to Congressional leadership in both the House and the Senate, and copied to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Dorothy Camille...

Apr

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

2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit – Perspectives in Vision

National nonprofit Prevent Blindness to hold 14th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit, May 14, 2025, as a free interactive virtual event Prevent...

Feb

2025 Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Prevent Blindness Provides a Variety of Free Resources including Fact Sheets, Webpages, and Social Media Graphics on Workplace Eye Safety, and Digital Eye Strain Prevent...