2026

Prevent Blindness Applauds Introduction of the Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026
Prevent Blindness Joins 2026 World Sight Day Activities to Help Encourage Americans to ‘Love Your Eyes’
Prevent Blindness Names Reade Fahs, National Vision, as its 2027 Person of Vision Award Recipient
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Named Recipient of the 12th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness, Provide Education to Help Avoid Eye Injuries
Prevent Blindness Statement on Proposals to Change the Head Start Program
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

Keeping the Eyes Healthy at Work

Prevent Blindness America Offers Information on Keeping the Eyes Healthy at Work CHICAGO (Feb. 14, 2013)– With an ever-increasing number of consumers relying on technology...

Feb

PBA Hosts Government Briefing

PBA hosts Focus on Vision: Eye Health and the Federal Government briefing On Tuesday, January 29th, PBA hosted Focus on Vision: Eye Health and the...

Feb

PBA Recognizes Jim Mazzo at 2013 Person of Vision Dinner

Gala Event Nets $115,000 to Support Mission of Prevent Blindness America CHICAGO (Feb. 15, 2013)– Prevent Blindness America (PBA), the nation’s leading volunteer eye...

Feb

Protect Your Vision From AMD

Healthy Lifestyle Changes can Help Protect Vision from Age-related Macular Degeneration CHICAGO(Jan. 31, 2013)– More than 2 million Americans, ages 50 and over, have AMD,...

Jan

Nominate for The 2013 Jefferson Awards to Honor Outstanding Individuals

JUDGING THE NOMINATIONS Central Ohio is home to thousands of special people…your neighbors, your friends, perfect strangers who go out of their way to...

Dec

Glaucoma Cases Climb 22 Percent in the U.S.

Prevent Blindness America Joins in January’s National Glaucoma Awareness Month to Educate Public on Second Leading Cause of Blindness CHICAGO (Dec. 12, 2012) – More...

Dec

Fight For Sight and PBA Announce New Public Health Award

NEW YORK(Dec. 4, 2012) – National non-profit organizations Fight for Sightand Prevent Blindness America announce co-sponsorship of a new annual public health research fellowship entitled...

Dec

PBA Names Person of Vision Award Recipient

Prevent Blindness America Names Jim Mazzo, Abbott Medical Optics Inc., as 2013 Person of Vision Award Recipient CHICAGO (Dec. 5, 2012)–Prevent Blindness America (PBA),...

Nov

New CDC Report on Vision Surveillance in the U.S.

The American Journal of Ophthalmology Publishes Supplement of CDC Articles on Vision Surveillance in the U.S. Vision loss is a serious public health problem...

Nov

Read PBA News

The Fall, 2012 edition of Prevent Blindness America News is now online. PBA News, Fall 2012

Nov

PBA Elects New Board Members

Prevent Blindness America Elects Four New Members To National Board of Directors CHICAGO (Nov. 20, 2012) – Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye...

Nov

2013 Investigator Awards Call for Applications

Prevent Blindness America Issues Call for Applications for 2013 Investigator Awards Grants Provide Funding for Sight-Saving Research CHICAGO (Nov. 19, 2012)– Prevent Blindness America, the...