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OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation Highlights Programs Expanding Vision Care Access to Women...
Uncorrected poor vision affects 1 in 3 people around the world, impacting the way they learn, work and keep themselves safe. The impact of...
Meet the Student Advisory Board: Abby Wilhelmi, ICO
Abby Wilhelmi grew up in Beach, North Dakota, a town of about 1,000 people—“ironic, I realize, considering North Dakota is about as landlocked as...
OD’s Plea to the Universe for Help Lands Precisely at Another...
When Grace Kim, OD, wrote a heartfelt plea last year saying that her husband needed a kidney to survive, she hoped maybe the message...
The Buzz Builds in the Path of Eclipse
The solar eclipse on April 8 reaches totality in Greenfield, Indiana, around 3 p.m. that afternoon. Monica Price Kowaleski, OD, of Price Eye Care,...
2024 Theia Nominations Are Open!
CLICK HERE to nominate your colleagues for the 2024 Theia Awards of Excellence, the ninth year that this awards recognition has been given.
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World Council of Optometry Announces Ambassadors for Myopia Management Outreach Initiatives
To help support its ongoing work to address myopia as a public health crisis and further the adoption of myopia management as the standard...
World Optometry Day is March 23; WCO Launches Competency Framework
This week, March 17-23, 2024, is World Optometry Week, with March 23 specifically designated as World Optometry Day. This year's theme is "Advancing Optometry's...
Women in the News – March 2024
Women In Optometry regularly recognizes the awards and accomplishments of women ODs in the profession and in their communities in the “Women in the News”...
Research Shows Women Twice as Worse-off Financially Compared to Men
An overwhelming 40% of female professionals feel underpaid for what they do – with a tenth of women in white-collar roles resorting to additional...
New Study Finds Hawaii Has Best Eye Health in U.S., West...
A new study finds Hawaii has the best eye health in America and West Virginia has the worst.
Seven of the 10 best states for eye health are...
