Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults in the U.S. and is a complication of diabetes.

Accessed June 9, 2025. For more information: Sara D. Brown, MPA, senior director of government affairs at Prevent Blindness, can be reached at [email protected].

About Prevent Blindness Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.

Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, will host the 14th Annual Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit on May 14, 2025, as a free, interactive ...

Prevent Blindness has received a gift of $9.7 million, the largest in the organization’s 117-year history, according to a press release. Image: Adobe Stock ...

Together with a network of affiliates, Prevent Blindness is committed to eliminating preventable blindness in America. For more information, or to make a contribution to the sight-saving fund ...

For general eye health information, please call Prevent Blindness at (800) 331-2020 or visit preventblindness.org. About Prevent Blindness ...

The American Academy of Ophthalmologists and Research to Prevent Blindness teamed up to offer a new grant category for those conducting population-based research on blindness prevention and ...

Organizations Also Launch Social Media Donation Program to Support Prevent Blindness and Broaden Patients' Access to Cataract Surgery and Care During June's Cataract Awareness Month LAVAL, QC and ...

Prevent Blindness has declared November to be Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month in order to help educate the public on diabetes prevention strategies, potential risk factors, treatment options ...