Children should spend up to two hours a day outside to reduce their risk of myopia, or nearsightedness, according to a new ...

Myopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050. A new report says it needs to be countered by ...

Myopia, or near-sightedness, has been steadily on the rise over the last half-century. A recent systematic review updates the ...

The condition currently impacts an estimated one-third of children and adolescents worldwide. Key influencing factors include ...

The study said the increase was 'notable' after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to lockdowns that sent many children to learn online indoors.

One in three children around the world is short-sighted and the number is growing rapidly, according to new research that ...

Adam S. Wenick, MD, PhD, discussed myopia interventions across the lifespan at EyeCon 2024, covering treatments, ...

Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness, and Donna Fishman, Director of the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness, join David Hutton of Ophthalmology ...

This week it was revealed that children’s eyesight is now much worse than before lockdown. Children are now three times more ...

Around 1 in 3 children and teens around the world is short (near)-sighted, with the global prevalence of myopia set to top 740 million cases by 2050 in this age group, finds a pooled data analysis of ...

‘Children of two parents with myopia have a higher risk of developing the condition compared to those with one myopic parent.