March
1
2025
March Declared as Workplace Eye Wellness Month
March Declared as Workplace Eye Wellness Month by Prevent Blindness Texas to Educate Employers and Employees on the Best Ways to Help Keep Eyes Safe and Healthy at Work –
2025
2024
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 2-8, 2024
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week as Nov. 18-24, 2024
- Prevent Blindness Texas Provides Free Educational Resources for November’s Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month to Educate the Public on Ways to Keep Eyes Healthy During Contact Lens Use
- NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness on the Important Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports
- Prevent Blindness Texas Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas has declared April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month to Encourage Eye Safety Practices, Eye Protection at Work
- Prevent Blindness Texas Encourages Eye Safety for Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse in April
- February Declared as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness Texas
- January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
2023
- November is Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
- The Prevent Blindness Art Therapy Program
- NIH designates people with disabilities as a population with health disparities
- Award-Winning Actress, Debbie Allen, Joins Prevent Blindness and Regeneron to Launch the Gr8 Eye Movement and Raise Awareness of Retinal Diseases
- July is Dry Eye Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares June 28-July 4 as Third Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week
- June is Cataract Awareness Month
- May is Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month
- April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
- January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
2022
- November is Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
- October is Contact Lens Safety Month at Prevent Blindness Texas
- September is Sports Eye Safety Month
- August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- July is Dry Eye Awareness Month
- Second Annual Fireworks Safety Awareness Week
- June is Cataract Awareness Month
- May is Ultraviolet (UV) Awareness Month
- April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- February is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
- January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
2020
2019
- October Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month Helps Educate Consumers on Keeping Eyes Healthy
- Prevent Blindness Names VSP Global and Michael Guyette as the 2020 Persons of Vision Award Recipients
- Make Eye Protection Part of Uniform While Playing Sports
- Car Damages Prevent Blindness Texas Building on Waugh Drive
2018
2017
- Those with Diabetes at Higher Risk for Vision Loss, But Steps Can Be Taken to Save Sight
- Detecting and Treating Eye Problems Early Can Help Kids in the Classroom
- Protect Your Eyes During Upcoming Solar Eclipse
- 500 Cities Initiative: Vision and Eye Health Community Responds to Lack of Vision Data
- Prevent Blindness Texas Declares February as AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
2013
2012
- Prevent Blindness Texas Urges Holiday Shoppers to Keep Safe Toys and Gifts At The Top of Their List This Year
- Prevent Blindness Texas Names Aydin Wayne Davis State Winner of “Most Beautiful Eyes Contest”
- Deadline for Entries of Prevent Blindness Texas’s “Most Beautiful Eyes Contest” is July 31
- Prevent Blindness Texas Launches 2012 Most Beautiful Eyes Contest
- New Report from Prevent Blindness America Shows Sharp Increase in Eye Disease Prevalence in Texas
2011
- Prevent Blindness Texas Names Jacob Allen Showers State Winner of Most Beautiful Eyes Contest
- Prevent Blindness Texas Supports National Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Prevent Blindness Texas (PBT) Launches the Texas Vision Health Education Integration Collaborative, Save Your Eyes Now-Proteja Su Vista Hoy Campaign
February
1
2025
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares February as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month to Educate Public on the Eye Disease and Available Support Programs -- Prevent Blindness Texas
December
2
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 2-8, 2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fourth Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 2-8, 2024 -- Prevent Blindness Texas provides free educational resources on geographic atrophy, a form of dry age-related
November
18
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week as Nov. 18-24, 2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week as Nov. 18-24, 2024 -- Prevent Blindness Texas provides free educational materials on Thyroid Eye Disease, including a new
November
1
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Provides Free Educational Resources for November’s Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month
- Prevent Blindness Texas provides the public and professionals with free webpages, fact sheets, educational videos, toolkits, and social media graphics, to help prevent vision loss and blindness from diabetes- TX
October
1
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month to Educate the Public on Ways to Keep Eyes Healthy During Contact Lens Use
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares October as Contact Lens Safety Month to Educate the Public on Ways to Keep Eyes Healthy During Contact Lens Use - Nonprofit Organization Prevent Blindness Texas
September
17
2024
NASEM Publishes New Report on Myopia
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report, Myopia: Causes, Prevention and Treatment of an Increasingly Common Disease Prevent Blindness congratulates the NASEM Committee
September
1
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness on the Important Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to Raise Awareness on the Important Need for Eye Protection While Playing Sports - New Data from Prevent Blindness Shows
July
1
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Texas Joins in July’s Dry Eye Awareness Month, Providing Educational Resources on Eye Disease that Affects Millions - Prevent Blindness Texas Offers Free Dry Eye Resources including Fact
June
1
2024
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness Texas Declares June as Cataract Awareness Month to Educate Public on Eye Disease that is the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States -- Prevent Blindness