Browse current news releases on topics covering eye health and vision care, the optometric industry, company updates and more from the American Optometric Association.

CooperVision and AOA Join Forces to Launch The Myopia Collective

Partnership Mobilizes Optometrists to Advance New Standard of Care for Children with Myopia; Nominations for State-Level Change Agents Open through May 17

World Council of Optometry to Host 5th World Congress of Optometry (WCO5) in Partnership with American Optometric Association (AOA) at Optometry's Meeting 2025

American Optometric Association Shares Eye Safety Information & Resources Ahead of Total Solar Eclipse

Optometry Cares®—The AOA Foundation Announces 2024 Scholarship Recipients

New Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Available for Peer and Public Review

The peer and public review period officially begins on March 7 and comments will be accepted through April 24.

Leading AI Authority Tom Lawry to Keynote at Optometry’s Meeting®

Meeting to Offer Attendees Key Insights into AI’s Place in Healthcare through Keynote Presentation and Education

New Report Reveals Cost of Unmanaged Screen Time Symptoms to be $151 billion per year

The American Optometric Association commissions Deloitte Economics Institute report that examines implications of unmanaged screen time for Americans who spend over seven hours on a screen during the workday and how yearly exams with an optometrist can help.

InfantSEE® to Support 2024 Call for National Pediatric Eye Health and Vision Mobilization

With 170,000 Assessments since 2005, InfantSEE Begins to Build Priorities for 2024 to Further Expand Access to Care Alongside American Optometric Association