Health Feb 28 How U.S. officials cracked mystery of eyedrops that blinded people across country By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Health Jan 07 Inventor Louis Braille touched lives with literacy Braille first encountered an early predecessor to his tactile writing system in 1821, while he was still an adolescent. By Dr. Howard Markel
Arts Apr 20 Watch 6:35 This poet’s guide dog helped him discover a new world Born with a condition that left him legally blind and in a family that kept his disability hidden, it wasn’t until poet and professor Stephen Kuusisto was in his late 30s that he decided to train with a guide dog.
Health Jan 14 At $850,000, price for new childhood blindness gene therapy four times too high, analysis says Luxturna, a gene therapy with a list price $850,000, is the latest flashpoint in the debate over how to afford innovative medicines. By Andrew Joseph, STAT
Arts Jul 06 Watch 3:34 Why I used to love making jokes about Helen Keller Growing up, Georgina Kleege hated Helen Keller; she saw the famous author and activist as a reproach to her own experience as a young blind woman. But she found a new way to relate to Keller later on, writing her… By PBS News Hour
Aug 26 Watch 5:58 Smart cane may help visually impaired navigate more terrain By PBS News Hour A high-tech upgrade to the traditional white cane may help blind and visually impaired people be more confident about navigating the world independently. The NewsHour's April Brown reports from France. Continue watching
Sep 02 Two Decades On, India Eye Clinic Maintains Innovative Mission By Talea Miller In this Reporter's Notebook, Fred de Sam Lazaro visits the Aravind Eye Care System, 20 years after he first reported on the hospital in 1989. Continue reading