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February

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May

2024

Prevent Blindness Texas Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month

- Prevent Blindness Texas expands IRD and genetic testing awareness initiative to educate patients on various forms of IRDs, and the importance of genetic testing to confirm diagnosis and possible