2024

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

2023

Advocacy Action Alert: Protect Access to Sight-Saving Glaucoma Care!
Prevent Blindness and Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, DC to Host World Sight Day Congressional Briefing and Vision Screening Event
Prevent Blindness Encourages Advocates to “Love Your Eyes at Work” this World Sight Day 2023
Prevent Blindness urges enhanced role for vision and eye health in first major opportunity to change Older Americans Act program regulations since 1988
The Most Urgent Voice in Eye Research -The Patient’s
Prevent Blindness Statement on Texas Court Decision Regarding ACA Preventive Services
Prevent Blindness Eighteenth Annual “Eyes on Capitol Hill” Event
Prevent Blindness supports UN Special Envoy on Vision appointment

2022

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

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More than a Quarter Million Americans Treated in ER for Toy-related Injuries

Prevent Blindness Provides Tips on Best Ways to Keep Holidays Safe by Purchasing Safe Toys and Gifts for Children Last year, U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

Nov

Prevent Blindness Elects Two Members to National Board of Directors

John Ferris and Dr. Cadmus C. Rich Join Board of National Non-profit Group CHICAGO (Nov. 6, 2017) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye...

Oct

Those With Diabetes Can Take Steps to Save Their Sight

Prevent Blindness Provides Free Educational Materials as Part of November’s Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month More than 8 million Americans have diabetic retinopathy, according to...

Oct

Congressional Vision Caucus Co-Founder Pat Tiberi to Leave Congress

Former Prevent Blindness Board Member and co-founder of the Congressional Vision Caucus (CVC) Congressman Pat Tiberi announced on October 19, 2017 that he plans to...

Oct

Campaign Helps Fund Vision Screening Trainings in 25 Head Start Programs Nationwide

VSP Vision Care and Prevent Blindness Launch ‘Clicks for Kids’ to Enhance Access to Vision Screenings and Eye Exams for Head Start Children Healthy vision...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Northern California Launches New Campaign

Early Vision Matters Our Northern California affiliate has just launched an awareness and fundraising campaign called Early Vision Matters to support their flagship program for...

Sep

More than 80 Percent of Contact Lens Wearers Are At Risk for an Eye Infection from Unsafe Use

Prevent Blindness Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month to Provide Consumers Tips to Keep Eyes Healthy Contact lenses are a good option for...

Sep

Prevent Blindness Opposes Graham-Cassidy Bill

New bill undermines essential health benefits, weakens protections for patients with pre-existing conditions Prevent Blindness opposes any attempts to remove the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s...

Sep

Sue Downes of MyEyeDr. to Receive 2018 Person of Vision Award

Award to be presented on March 15, 2018, at the Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Dinner at the Lotte New York Palace, New York City Prevent Blindness...

Aug

Eagles Charitable Foundation Hosts 7th Annual Professional Development Meeting for Philadelphia School Nurses

More than 250 nurses will be in attendance to receive their vision screening certifications Studies indicate that about one in four school-aged children have a...

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