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New Report Outlines National Strategy for Vision and Eye Health

New Consensus Study Released to Evaluate Nation’s Vision Health Needs, Provide Detailed Recommendations to Best Address Vision Impairment and Eye Disease National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division Issues First-ever Report Providing Strategies to Address Vision and Eye Health Issues CHICAGO (Sept. 15, 2016) – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,

2016: Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition to Hold Summit to Help Address Children’s Eye Health Issues and Discuss Vision’s Impact on Learning

Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition to Hold Summit to Help Address Children’s Eye Health Issues and Discuss Vision’s Impact on Learning Priscilla Kelangi Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition (312) 363-6037 [email protected]   Vision and Learning: Making the Connection With Events in Eastern MA and Western MA     – State Senate President Stan Rosenberg and Representative Christine

Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Prevent Blindness Whitney Anderson Phone:  (614) 464-2020 ext. 105 E-mail address: [email protected]                       New Data From Prevent Blindness Shows Most Sports-related Eye Injuries are From Water and Pool Activities                – Prevent Blindness designates September as Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month to

Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries are from Water and Pool Activities

Prevent Blindness Georgia Encourages Proper Eye Protection While Playing All Sports CHICAGO (Aug. 15, 2016) – According to recent data from Prevent Blindness, more eye injuries occur from water and pool activities than any other sport.  Eye injuries may include everything from eye infections and irritations to burns from chlorine and other chemicals to scratches

Most Sports-related Eye Injuries are From Water and Pool Activities

Prevent Blindness Texas designates September as Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month to encourage wearing proper eye protection while playing all sports Houston, TX (Aug. 25, 2016) – According to recent data from Prevent Blindness, more eye injuries occur from water and pool activities than any other sport. Eye injuries may include everything from eye infections

Zika Virus Disease Fact Sheet

Prevent Blindness has published a free fact sheet on Zika Virus Disease and your eyes.  Find out what you need to know about the virus and your vision. Read more about Zika Virus Disease and your eyes.  

Most Sports-related Eye Injuries are From Water and Pool Activities

Prevent Blindness encourages proper eye protection while playing all sports CHICAGO (Aug. 15, 2016) – According to recent data from Prevent Blindness, more eye injuries occur from water and pool activities than any other sport.  Eye injuries may include everything from eye infections and irritations to burns from chlorine and other chemicals to scratches or

Second Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award

Award Presented to the Illinois Eye Institute at Princeton Vision Clinic CHICAGO (Aug. 8, 2016) – Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, and home of the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health (NCCVEH) announced today the recipient of the second annual “Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award.”  This

2016: Members of CVMA Coalition and Prevent Blindness as Advocates at Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

In the picture from left: Sarah Miller, Student at New England College of Optometry; Joan Lowbridge-Sisley, Community Health Education Coordinator at Partners for Healthier Communities; Bruce Moore, OD, New England College of Optometry and Co-Chair of CVMA; Kathy Majzoub, Director of Prevent Blindness Northeast Region and Co-Chair of CVMA; Stacy Lyons, OD, New England College of Optometry; Marcia Feist Moore, Prevent Blindness Volunteer; Julia Fredrick,