Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities

2025

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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Sep

Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities

Prevent Blindness participates in global “World Sight Day” initiative with a variety of eye health events and programs offered free to the public Prevent Blindness...

Sep

House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million

The House Appropriations Committee has approved legislation that includes a $2 million cut to the Vision Health Initiative (VHI) at the Centers for Disease Control...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month as Sports Eye Injuries Increase

New Data from Prevent Blindness Shows More Than 43,300 Sports Eye Injuries Were Treated in 2024, an Alarming 33% Increase Over the Previous Year Prevent...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Announces New Diabetes and the Eyes Advisory Committee

New Prevent Blindness “Diabetes + the Eyes” Advisory Committee to address diabetes, the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults Prevent Blindness has announced the...

Jul

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness

Prevent Blindness offers free resources on children’s vision topics, including eye conditions, safety, eye patching and more As many families are preparing for a new...

Jul

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

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, recognizes significant...

Jun

Eye and Vision News

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

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