June is Cataract Month – Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States

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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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May

June is Cataract Month – Prevent Blindness Provides Educational Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States

Prevent Blindness offers free resources to educate public on risk factors, types of cataract, and more on the most common form of eye disease Prevent...

May

Prevent Blindness to Host the 2026 ASPECT Patient Engagement Summit and Eyes on Capitol Hill Legislative Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

Three-day Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Summit brings together patients, care partners, and public health champions with events including the Eyes on Capitol Hill Legislative...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Declares May as Third Annual Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Month

May is Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) and Genetic Testing Month at Prevent Blindness with the goal to educate patients on various forms of IRDs, including...

Apr

Prevent Blindness Kicks Off its 2026 Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series “Powering Partnerships to Advance Eye Health” in May

Prevent Blindness to host four webinars through 2026, engaging public health and healthcare allies, patients, partners, and advocates to strengthen systems of care, improve access...

Mar

April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness, Aimed at Providing Women with Resources Needed to Help Save Vision

As Women are at Higher Risk for Sight-threatening Eye Disease, Vision Changes During Pregnancy and Menopause, and other Vision Issues, Prevent Blindness offers Free Educational...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Declares First-Ever Keratoconus Week

Prevent Blindness offers new keratoconus flyers in English and Spanish, a fact sheet, a dedicated webpage and social media graphics Prevent Blindness has declared March...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Holds 2026 Person of Vision Award Gala, Honoring Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare, as Part of Vision Expo

Prevent Blindness presented the 2026 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award, to Jim McGrann, CEO of Advancing Eyecare, as part of its annual Person of...

Mar

Prevent Blindness Debuts “Best Eyes for Life” National Multimedia Campaign as Survey Reveals Concerning Misconceptions on Eye Health

New Prevent Blindness campaign introduces “Iris and Cornelius” to demonstrate best practices, address perceptions related to maintaining healthy vision across all age groups Prevent Blindness is rolling...

Feb

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Educational Resources to Employers and Employees for Workplace Eye Wellness Month

New Data from VSP Vision Care’s Annual Workplace Vision Health Report Shows Need for Better Eye Health and Safety Practices from Employers March is Workplace...

Feb

Third Annual Prevent Blindness Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week Kicks off as Part of its National ROP Education and Support Initiative

Prevent Blindness is Conducting a New ROP Focus Group and Data Study, as well as Offering Helpful Resources Including Web Pages, Videos with Medical Experts,...

Jan

February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Month

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Educational Resources on AMD and Low Vision Including Patient and Expert Videos, Webpages, Fact Sheets and More Prevent Blindness is declaring...

Jan

Congress Cuts Vision and Eye Health Funding by One-Third in Fiscal Year 2026

This week, Congress is voting on final Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations legislation that will fund programs at the Department of Health and Human Services,...