Making healthy choices and getting regular eye exams can help reduce a person’s risk of vision loss. In support of @HealthyVisionMonth in May, we encourage everyone to take charge of their eye health and preserve their sight by following some simple tips. bit.ly/4g99Drv

RPB is a proud sponsor of the 2025 @PBA_SavingSight Focus on Eye Health Summit! Register for this free interactive virtual event, to be held on May 14, at: PreventBlindness.org/eyesummit #EyeSummit

Congratulations to multi-RPB grantee Dr. Christine Curcio and RPB Scientific Advisory Panel member Dr. Cynthia Owsley at UAB Heersink School of Medicine on this incredible honor and a fantastic award lecture today!

📣 You're invited to a Congressional Briefing on Rare Inherited Eye Diseases 🗓 Thursday, June 5 | 🕛 12:00–1:00 PM | 📍 Rayburn 2045 RSVP TODAY: [email protected] Join us for a powerful discussion focused on Stargardt disease, a rare inherited form of macular degeneration.

Making healthy choices and getting regular eye exams can help reduce a person’s risk of vision loss. In support of @HealthyVisionMonth in May, we encourage everyone to take charge of their eye health and preserve their sight by following some simple tips. bit.ly/4g99Drv

An incredible story of how decades of federally funded #genetherapy research led to a life-saving treatment for a 9-month-old baby who had never left the hospital. Federally funded research saves lives. #NIH bit.ly/4dk4vQ4

100+ organizations. One message. Congress must: · Reject the NIH and Nuclear Energy Institute consolidation · Oppose 15% indirect caps · Fund NEI at $1B in FY26 The future of vision research depends on it. Read and share the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research/NAEVR sign-on letter: bit.ly/4kE5k8P #ProtectSight

Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. If not treated, cataracts can lead to blindness. Thanks to decades of research, cataract surgery is now a safe and effective procedure! Please see our fact sheet here: bit.ly/3Hc6Pgp

Congratulations to multi-RPB grantee, Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, WashU, who recently received the 2025 Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award from The American Society of Retina Specialists for research into vitreoretinal disease. Read more: bit.ly/3TlE17I

Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on consumer fireworks, which cause more than 9,000 injuries a year. With the Fourth of July holiday just a week away, AAO is reminding the public that fireworks can cause devastating eye injuries. #rpb #aao #july4th

🚨 New NIH Public Access Policy goes into effect TODAY! Research accepted for publication on July 1, 2025, must be publicly available as soon as it is published. This date was moved up from December 31, 2025, to ensure radical transparency regarding the research NIH supports.

July is Dry Eye Awareness Month. Dry eye is a common eye problem in the U.S. This chronic eye condition develops when the eye does not produce enough tears, does not create the proper kind of tears, or when tears evaporate too quickly. Learn more here: bit.ly/4nrStJb

RPB-supported researchers at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA have discovered that retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision is compromised due to retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease that affects millions of people around the world. bit.ly/3GApUbR

RPB-supported researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that female sex hormones can enhance the progression of retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease that affects millions of people around the world. Learn more: bit.ly/4kuCNlE #rpb #utsmc #retinitispigmentosa

We're proud to #SeeWhatMatters to every American who has or will have a sight-threatening disease or condition. Please join us!

RPB Career Development Award recipient, Dr. Rinki Ratnapriya of BCMHouston, recently published research in NPJ Genomic Medicine which shows that immune-support cells in the retina may significantly influence the development of macular degeneration. bit.ly/4l64hyx

While many people think of vision issues as related to older age, children are susceptible to various vision and eye conditions too! Conditions like myopia (or nearsightedness), and amblyopia (“lazy eye”) often start in childhood. Regular eye exams keep children's eyes healthy!

RPB is proud to support the groundbreaking work of RPB grantee Kevin Schey, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, whose latest research highlights lipids as a potential contributor to age-related vision loss. Learn more here: bit.ly/41DRtbC #rpb #vubasicsciences #vanderbilt #AMD

Diabetic retinal disease (DRD) is a major public health concern. We’re proud to support an upcoming Congressional Briefing (open to the public) on Tuesday, September 16 at 12:00PM EST in Room HC-5 of the U.S. Capitol Building, hosted by National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research/NAEVR. bit.ly/4mts1y6

One in six Americans age 65 and older have a vision impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. There are many eye-healthy choices you can make to help protect your vision. Learn what you can do to maintain healthy sight for life: bit.ly/45g2uSW