2025

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

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

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Oct

Oxurion NV Supports Sight-saving Diabetes Programs

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness To help support the fight against vision loss and blindness due to diabetes, Oxurion NV...

Oct

Millions with Diabetes and Prediabetes at Risk for Vision Loss and Blindness

Prevent Blindness Offers Free Informational Resources for Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month Today, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than...

Oct

See America’s Hidden Gems

Prevent Blindness Launches Initiative to Educate Consumers about the Importance of Healthy Vision and Remind them of the Gift of Sight Prevent Blindness today announced its...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Names New National Center Director

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) has named Donna Fishman, MPH, as Director. In her new role, she...

Oct

FY 2019 Spending Law Includes Funding for Vision and Eye Health

President Trump has signed into law the FY2019 appropriations bill The appropriations bill directs spending and provides funding for the programs and agencies within the Departments...

Sep

2019 Persons of Vision Award Recipients

Prevent Blindness Names Dr. Glenn Ellisor and Jim Greenwood of Vision Source Signature Eye Care as 2019 Persons of Vision Award Recipients Prevent Blindness has...

Sep

Contact Lenses Classified as Medical Devices by the FDA – Prescriptions Required for Purchase

October is Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness, Created to Provide Consumers Tips to Protect Vision According to the Centers for Disease Control...

Aug

New Data Shows More than 30,000 Sports-Related Eye Injuries

Prevent Blindness Provides Tips on Best Ways to Protect Vision While Playing Sports New annual data from Prevent Blindness shows that there were more than 33,000...

Aug

Fourth Annual Bonnie Strickland Award

Award Presented to the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study Group, and Richard Bunner, formerly of the Ohio Department of Health The National Center for Children’s...

Jul

Family Income, Ethnicity and Health Literacy May Affect Children’s Vision, Eye Care Access

Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month Helps Make Vision Care for Kids a Priority August for many children in the United States is the beginning...

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