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Award recipients to use IRIS Registry database to learn more about cataract surgery, retinal diseases, and pink eye

An annual report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows that fireworks-related eye injuries have increased, from 700 in 2016 to 1,200 in 2017.

New data highlights the need for prior authorization reform to ensure patients’ timely access to medically necessary care.

The world’s first public museum dedicated to vision and eye health reaches its six-month milestone and is expected to open in early 2020.

Visionary Awards recognize policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments.  

Study published in the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology shows that together, AI and physicians can improve eye care.

American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Optometry are joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to offer spring break safety tips so travelers spend their time on the beach, not in the emergency room.

George A. Williams, M.D, today begins his term as the 123rd president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

New study from the American Academy of Ophthalmology describes blinding eye injuries caused by BB guns.

A team of ophthalmologists went looking for scientific evidence in support of commercially available “cell therapy” for eye diseases. Not only did they find virtually none; they instead discovered a growing number of patients are being irreparably harmed by unapproved cell therapies.