Ontario Patients Experiencing Worsening Eyesight Due to Lack of Access to Care During COVID-19
Wednesday, May 5 2021 | 09 h 30 min | News, Press Release, Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has had dire consequences for Ontario patients living with eye diseases leading to an inability to access care, according...
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Fighting Blindness Canada Challenges You to Turn Off Your Screens for 24 hours on March 20
Tuesday, February 9 2021 | 15 h 45 min | Events, News, Press Release
Canadians spend a lot of time looking at screens: Computer, phone, gaming and television According to Statistics Canada in a survey completed in...
Read More LHON Study Finds Double the Impact
Wednesday, January 13 2021 | 10 h 58 min | Vision Science
In a surprising finding, scientists have shown that injecting a gene therapy for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) into one eye can...
Read More Fighting Blindness Canada Urges Canadians with Diabetes to Stay on Top of Their Regular Eye Exams
Monday, November 2 2020 | 11 h 56 min | News, Press Release
November is Diabetes Awareness Month Of the estimated three million Canadians who live with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, more than 500,000 live...
Read More Health Canada Approves First Sight-Restoring Gene Therapy for Inherited Eye Diseases
Thursday, October 15 2020 | 10 h 23 min | News, Press Release
On October 14, 2020, Health Canada announced their approval of the first sight-restoring innovative treatment voretigene neparvovec (Brand name:...
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