In addition to Prevent Blindness’s usual free resources, the organization is providing a dedicated webpage, fact sheets, and ...

In the expanses of India, where healthcare resources can be limited, the use of AI technology from SAP and CleaVision is casting a ray of hope for newborn babies vulnerable to Retinopathy of ...

Of the 150,000 children born on earth each day,* at least 200 who live will be blind. The League of Red Cross Societies figures 2,390,000 blind in the world, 105,000 of them in the U. S. China, ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday shows the number of newborn syphilis cases has risen more than tenfold from 2012 to 2022 and is at its highest level in at ...

August 26, 2024 How eye drops used to prevent blindness in newborns funded the Barnes Foundation's art collection Dr. Albert C. Barnes made his fortune with argyrol, a solution that treated ...

Prevention Of Blindness Week 2025 History . In 1960, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness was established by Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur.

Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, has declared Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025, as the Second Annual Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week.

Fetal membrane transplantation helps prevent blindness Date: April 26, 2012 Source: Loyola University Health System Summary: Transplanting tissue from newborn fetal membranes prevents blindness in ...

The case stemmed from a lawsuit brought by conservatives seeking to block free preventive care, including medicine to prevent ...

To prevent Glaucoma from impacting the vision of newborns, it is essential to understand its nuances, prevalence, early signs, and treatment options. What is ‘Newborn Glaucoma?

During the birthing process, a baby may be exposed to infections the mother might have and not even know it. Infections such as herpes simplex virus, staphyloco ...

More than 500,000 U.S. children are blind or have serious difficulties seeing even when wearing glasses, research has shown. Yet, about 52% of childhood blindness cases could have been prevented ...