The most-read stories of 2020

From the COVID-19 crisis to social unrest and a turbulent election, 2020 kept Americans closely following the news. Here are 20 AOA stories that were most read this year: 

1. Congress’ COVID-19 relief package recognizes optometry’s physician role
2. Ready for routine care? AOA offers guidance for post-COVID-19 reactivation
3. CDC: U.S. coronavirus spread expected, ‘disruption may be severe’
4. Is it or isn’t it? Allergic conjunctivitis in a COVID-19 world
5. U.S. declares public health emergency—what you need to know
6. AOA challenges VSP plan to link doctor reimbursements to certain lenses and anti-reflective coating
7. Resuming routines: Lessons from ‘Phase 1’ reopenings
8. Doctors of optometry weigh how to hit the ground running once practices reopen
9. AOA mobilizes for doctors in national response to pandemic
10. FTC ignores Congress, AOA and other medical groups with flawed Contact Lens Rule changes
11. IRS ruling on PPP loans could raise practices’ taxes, AOA pushing for fix in new COVID-19 bill
12. 6 nutrition questions you should be asking patients
13. 1-800 Contacts notifies patients not to wear AquaSoft lenses due to lens defect
14. Senate's pandemic relief bill will help optometry practices nationwide; AOA to seek additional support
15. VSP policy change may violate states’ patient protection laws
16. First doctors of optometry notified of their federal loans to ease the economic pain of COVID-19 pandemic
17. Billing for post-cataract glasses: What you need to know
18. Evidence shows these 3 steps are crucial to stop virus spread
19. Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act introduced in the U.S. Senate
20. Be prepared: Contact Lens Rule changes take effect Oct. 16, access AOA resources