Blindness and visual impairment will double by 2050

Friday, May 20, 2016 - 08:40 in Health & Medicine

A study published today by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute in JAMA Ophthalmology found that the U.S. prevalence in visual impairment (VI) and blindness is expected to double over the next 35 years. By 2050, the number of Americans with a variety of eye disease and impairment issues, including […]

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