Healio

For ‘a lifetime of healthy vision,’ Prevent Blindness praises reintroduction of EDVI Act

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The legislation would provide grants for states and communities to improve early detection of children’s vision ...
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Prevent Blindness receives $9.7M donation to support, improve national eye health

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The nonprofit eye health and safety organization Prevent Blindness has received its largest ever monetary ...
Business Wire

Lumata Health and Prevent Blindness Announce Partnership to Deliver More Resources to Americans with Vision Loss

RALEIGH, N.C. & OKLAHOMA CITY & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lumata Health, a technology-driven healthcare startup on a mission to prevent vision loss from chronic eye diseases through its human-led, ...
Yahoo Finance

Prevent Blindness Names Matt MacDonald, EyeMed Vision Care, as Board of Directors Chair, Adds Three New Members

- Matt MacDonald, EyeMed Vision Care President and Global Head of Managed Care, Officially Appointed Chair of the Prevent Blindness Board of Directors. At the Prevent Blindness Annual Meeting, three ...
Medindia

Prevent Blindness Joins January's National Glaucoma Awareness Month Efforts to Combat the "Silent Thief of Sight"

- Prevent Blindness to host new glaucoma webinar in January, and offers free educational resources, including patient testimonial and expert videos, a webpage, fact sheets, a listing of glaucoma ...
Yahoo Finance

As Part of November's Diabetes-related Eye Disease Month, Prevent Blindness Launches New Resources to Educate Public on the Effects Diabetes has on Vision

CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to preventing blindness and preserving sight, is offering new resources to the ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Surprise bequest brings nearly $10 million to Prevent Blindness coffers

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Prevent Blindness has received a $9.7 million donation — ...
Rolling Out

How annual eye check-ups can prevent blindness

In the tapestry of health maintenance, annual eye check-ups emerge as a critical thread, weaving through the prevention strategies that safeguard our vision. Eyes are not just windows to the soul but ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Scientists make new discovery that may help prevent blindness

Scientists at Switzerland’s Paul Scherer Institute have found a protein in the eye that could lead to treatments that prevent blindness. In the retina, photoreceptors called rods contain a protein ...
News 9

What is glaucoma? What to know about the condition and vision loss

An OU Health eye specialist explains who is most at risk, why symptoms are rare, and how early exams can prevent permanent ...
Rolling Out

5 leading causes of blindness and how to prevent them

Blindness, a condition that significantly alters the way an individual interacts with their environment, affects millions worldwide. It’s not merely a loss of vision but a transformation of how one ...
New Atlas

Genetic discovery could lead to a treatment for glaucoma blindness

The largest-ever global genetic study of glaucoma has uncovered more genes associated with the disease, including never-before-identified genes that could be targeted to prevent the optic nerve damage ...