Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Keep Eyes Healthy While Using Contacts

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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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Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Keep Eyes Healthy While Using Contacts

National Nonprofit Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources, Including Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics, and Webpages, on Ways to Use Contact Lenses Correctly and Safely Prevent...

Sep

Alcon Children’s Vision Center Named Recipient of 10th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has announced the recipient of the tenth annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for...

Sep

Howard Purcell, O.D., New England College of Optometry, to Receive 2025 Person of Vision Award

Annual Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award Gala at Vision Expo East in Orlando, Fla., to Honor Howard Purcell, O.D., President and CEO of the...

Sep

NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report, Myopia: Causes, Prevention and Treatment of an Increasingly Common Disease Prevent...

Sep

2024 Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Resources to Help Educate the Public and Allied Healthcare Professionals on the Many Types of Inflammatory Eye Diseases, and Steps that...

Sep

New Mapping Tool Provides Data for Children’s Vision and Eye Health

New Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Health Map and Corresponding Report Provides Public, Professionals and Policy Makers with First-ever County and State-level Data on Children’s Vision...

Sep

2024 World Sight Day Activities Focus on Children’s Vision

Prevent Blindness Kicks Off World Sight Day Activities with a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill, New Partnerships with Leading Organizations, and a Series of Vision...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Raises Awareness on the Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports

New Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More Than 32,600 Sports Eye Injuries Were Treated in 2023, with Pool and Water Sports as the Type of...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Parents, Professionals, and Government Leaders on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids

Prevent Blindness has once again declared August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. The goal is to educate parents, caregivers, professionals and policy makers on...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month, Providing Educational Resources on Eye Disease that Affects Millions

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Dry Eye Resources including Fact Sheets, Social Media Graphics, Webpage, Expert Interviews and New Materials on How to Take Eye Drops...

Jun

Fourth Annual Prevent Blindness Fireworks Safety Awareness Week declared as June 28-July 4, 2024, to Help Educate Consumers on the Dangers of Fireworks

Prevent Blindness Urges Public to Celebrate Independence Day Safely by Avoiding Fireworks, Attending Authorized Displays by Professionals Prevent Blindness has declared June 28-July 4, 2024,...

Jun

Prevent Blindness to Hold 16th Annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Outing at Vision Expo West, Las Vegas

Prevent Blindness has announced that the 16th Annual Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf outing will take place on Wed., Sept. 18, 2024, at the Bali...