2026

Prevent Blindness Expresses Profound Concern Over Impact of Medicaid “Community Engagement” and Eligibility Requirements on People with Progressive Vision Loss and Low Vision
Prevent Blindness Honors Bipartisan Leadership of Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Marc Veasey, with Congressional Visionary Award

2025

Prevent Blindness Analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1, or OBBBA) and its Impact on Eye Health
Prevent Blindness Kicks Off Annual World Sight Day Activities
House FY 2026 Legislation Cuts Vision and Eye Health by $2 million
Prevent Blindness Responds to Proposed Cuts to Vision and Eye Health Surveillance and Programming at the CDC
Prevent Blindness Statement on House-Passed Legislation to Cut Medicaid Program
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
Prevent Blindness Urges West Virginia State House to Reject Bill That Would Imperil Children’s Vision

2024

Proposed Bipartisan Legislation Would Create First Federally Funded Program to Address Children’s Vision and Eye Health

2023

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FY 2023 funding includes $6.5M for CDC’s Vision & Eye Health Programs

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Oct

PBA Launches “Live Right, Save Sight!” Campaign

Prevent Blindness America Launches “Live Right, Save Sight!” Campaign to Educate Public on Diabetic Eye Disease –New Program Seeks to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle as...

Oct

Preschool Vision Screening- MOC Module Video & Overview

Preschool Vision Screening- Performane Improvement Project Overview and Demo Video A Preschool Vision Screening – Performance Improvement Program (PIP) Module has been developed and is...

Oct

Halloween Safety Tips – Preventing Eye Injuries

Halloween should be a fun time that your child remembers for years to come. Every year, there are several hundred eye injuries related to costumes...

Oct

PBA, Uvex Launch Workplace Eye Safety Program

Prevent Blindness America and Uvex Launch Innovative Eye2Eye Safety Program to Improve Workplace Eye Protection CHICAGOand SMITHFIELD, R.I. (Oct. 18, 2011) – Prevent Blindness America,...

Oct

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit Presentation

The National center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health presented at the Oregon Children’s Vision Summit on September 16th. The presentation from that meeting is...

Sep

Home: the Most Dangerous Place for Eyes

– Study Shows More Eye Injuries Occur at Home than at Work and School Combined – CHICAGO (Sept. 29, 2011) – Home may be where...

Sep

PBA Supports National Falls Prevention Day

Prevent Blindness America Supports National Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23 – Falls Are the Leading Cause of both Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries for...

Sep

Oregon Children’s Vision Summit

Leaders in Eye Health to Host First EverOregon Children’s Vision Summit CHICAGO (Sept. 9, 2011)– Because one in four school-age children have some form of...

Sep

Support Vision and Eye Health Across America!

Now is the time for the Eye Care Action Network (Eye CAN) to tell Congress to support vision and eye health programs that preserve sight...

Sep

FDA Warns of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin Injections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals that repackaged intravitreal injections of Avastin (bevacizumab) have caused a cluster of serious...

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