Prevent Blindness Names May Inherited Retinal Disease and Genetic Testing Awareness Month
Published on April 28, 2026
CHICAGO—Prevent Blindness, a nonprofit eye health organization, has designated May as its third annual Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) and Genetic Testing Month. Prevent Blindness offers a variety of free, expert-approved resources on IRDs, including webpages, patient and expert videos, a new podcast episode, social media graphics, and fact sheets in English and Spanish, the organization noted. Prevent Blindness IRD and Genetic Testing Month and Stargardt Disease Week are supported by gold sponsors Belite Bio and BlueRock Therapeutics LP, and silver sponsor Alkeus Pharmaceuticals.