The platform, called The Glaucoma Community, can be accessed for free via web browser or mobile app.
Pools & Water Sports is the category with the second-highest cause of sports-related eye injury.
Logan Newman is a program developer and NYS Certified Science and Career in Technical Experience teacher at the East High School Vision Care Program.
Dr. Mitchell V. Brinks, MD, of Casey Eye Institute and Michelle Skinner of VSP Global join board of national non-profit group.
A virtual event was held on July 15.
It will be presented by Prevent Blindness on Wednesday, July 15.
Each share of the FOCUS graphic on social media will generate a donation from Horizon to the patient advocacy organization, Prevent Blindness.
National eye health and safety group provides ideas on alternatives to using fireworks for Independence Day celebrations.
Recipients will have the opportunity to present at the virtual Ninth Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit.
It's an effort to educate public on world’s leading cause of vision loss.
Launch coincides with the organization's new 'Be a Visionary' campaign.
It has declared May 17-23, 2020 as “Inherited Retinal Disease Genetic Testing Week.”
Women have a higher prevalence of many of the major vision problems.
About 2,000 US workers sustain job-related eye injuries each day.
Development of these new resources was supported by a grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.
Volunteers will advocate on the need to provide support, funding for vision and eye health programs and services.
These include Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in vision and public health, and the new Rising Visionary Award.
More than 3.2 million Americans ages 40 and over have the condition.
The vote was held Nov. 1 at the 2019 Prevent Blindness Annual Board Meeting in Chicago.
Prevent Blindness offers new informational resource for November’s diabetes-related eye disease awareness month.
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