The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), in partnership with expert consultants from Children’s Vision Massachusetts (CVMA) and Prevent Blindness, recently updated the Massachusetts Preschool...
As a result of the advocacy of over 150 members of Children’s Vision Massachusetts (CVMA) members, the 2017 Massachusetts Legislature enacted into law a Special...
In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), School Health Unit, and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), School Health Unit, released new vision screening protocols to be implemented beginning September, 1, 2022. The new protocols...
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Federal Stimulus and Census Oversight will be holding a virtual hearing on the American Rescue Plan Act...
Paulette Tattersall DipPharm, MSc, is the Northeast Director of Prevent Blindness, a national organization whose mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. She is...
TWO new children’s vision bills have been presented to this legislative session (both attached): H2231: “An Act improving child eye health” by Representative Christine Barber...
Since 1972, National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses. National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding...
CVMA coalition members signed on to a letter urging Senate and House Representatives to appropriate $5 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s...