Eye and Vision News

Nov

First Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week to Increase Education and Understanding of Vision-Threatening Disease

TED Today, a daily, online video series shares motivational stories from the TED community and useful resources to help people along their TED journey Today...

Nov

Senate Releases Long-Awaited FY2021 Appropriations Legislation

This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released its long-awaited version of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations legislation for programs and agencies within the...

Oct

Diabetes-related Eye Disease Month to Educate on Leading Cause of New Cases of Blindness in Adults

Prevent Blindness Offers Informational Resources, Including Factsheets, Training Modules, and Social Media Graphics to Help Save Sight from Diabetes-related Eye Disease Data from the Centers...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Encourages Everyone to Take a Screen Time-Out

New campaign raises awareness of escalated risk of digital eye strain In response to increased virtual activity during the coronavirus pandemic, Prevent Blindness has launched...

Oct

New Online Resource to Educate Public on Importance of Good Vision

A New Tool Kit, “Small Steps for Big Vision: An Eye Health Information Tool Kit for Parents and Caregivers,” Created for Parents and Caregivers to...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Names Marc Ferrara of Jobson Medical Information, as 2021 Person of Vision Award Recipient

Prevent Blindness has chosen Marc Ferrara, CEO of Information Services, Jobson Medical Information, as the recipient of the 2021 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award....

Oct

Prevent Blindness Mourns the Loss of Henry Shyer

The Prevent Blindness family is saddened to learn of the passing of vision industry leader, Henry Shyer of @Zyloware Eyewear. Mr. Shyer was recipient of...

Oct

Prevent Blindness Celebrates World Sight Day by Encouraging Members of Public to “Be A Visionary” and Advocate for Vision and Eye Health Programs

Global World Sight Day Observance Helps to Put Eye Health and Eyecare into Focus Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest eye health and safety nonprofit organization,...

Oct

Our Hope to Be Seen: Voting and Vision Impairment

Exercising the right to vote can be fraught with difficulties for people living with vision impairment. by Julie Grutzmacher, Director of National Collaboration and Engagement,...

Sep

Fight for Sight and Prevent Blindness Announce Recipient of the 2020 Joanne Angle Public Health Award

Research Grant Awarded to Angela R. Elam, MD, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Fight for Sight, the first nonprofit organization in the United States...

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