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June

2025

Free Educational Resources as New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision

Prevent Blindness and National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health Provide Free Educational Resources as New Disney/Pixar Film Elio Sparks Conversation about Eye Patches and Children’s Vision -- In

June

2025

June is Cataract Month at Prevent Blindness Texas

June is Cataract Month at Prevent Blindness Texas, Providing Educational Resources on the Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the United States -- Prevent Blindness Texas offers free cataract resources

April

2025

Prevent Blindness Texas Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month, Providing Free Educational Resources to the Public and Professionals

Prevent Blindness Texas Declares April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month, Providing Free Educational Resources to the Public and Professionals -Nonprofit Group Prevent Blindness Texas Offers a Variety of

March

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 –

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