Eye and Vision News

Dec

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

Congress has released its long-awaited Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 spending legislation, which includes a total of $6.5 million for vision and eye health programs at...

Aug

Annual Data Shows Pool and Water Sports as Cause of Most Sports-related Eye Injuries

Prevent Blindness Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Provide Information on Best Ways to Protect Against Eye Injuries from Sports Prevent Blindness has...

Aug

Prevent Blindness Updates Considerations for Conducting Children’s Vision Screenings During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness has updated its Considerations for Conducting Children’s Vision Screening Safely in Schools, Head...

Aug

National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness Names Shavette L. Turner, Prevent Blindness Georgia, as Recipient of the 7th Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

National Award to be Presented to Ms. Shavette L. Turner, in Recognition of her Dedication and Exceptional Service to Bring Vision Services to Disadvantaged and...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Offers Parents, Caregivers, and Educators, Free Resources to Help Keep Children’s Eyes and Vision Healthy

Prevent Blindness Declares August as Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Public on the Importance of Healthy Vision for Kids In August, many...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Applauds Adoption of New UN Assembly Resolution Designed to Provide Eye Support and Treatment to Those in Need Across the Globe

Prevent Blindness applauds the adoption of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution A/75/L.108, committing the international community to eye care for the 1.1 billion...

Jul

Prevent Blindness Holds 10th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as Expanded Two-day Virtual Event

Prevent Blindness held the 10th annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit as a virtual event on July 14 and 15, 2021. This...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Declares July as Dry Eye Awareness Month to Provide Information on Issue that Affects Nearly 16 Million Americans

Prevent Blindness Provides New Web Resource, Fact Sheets, Graphics to Educate Public on Dry Eye Symptoms, Treatment Options, and More Nearly 16 million Americans have...

Jun

Gail Devers, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Partners with the Graves’ Community to FOCUS on Thyroid Eye Disease

Devers to Share Inspiring Personal Story as Part of New Education Initiative and Podcast Series For Graves’ Disease Awareness Month in July, Horizon Therapeutics plc...

Jun

Prevent Blindness Joins Vision Community Members Recognizing July 2021 as Dry Eye Awareness Month

Vision Community Members Will Engage in Awareness and Educational Activities in Support of Dry Eye Awareness Month Prevent Blindness joins the Alliance for Eye and...

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