Blind and partially sighted people still facing “structural barriers and persistent misconceptions,” APPG says

Published on May 13, 2026
Improvements to Access to Work and the Disability Confident scheme are priorities if the Government is to work towards equity for those with disabilities, the updated Changing attitudes, changing lives report has said
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Carl Zeiss Meditec Reports Lower First Half Earnings, Plans ‘Package of Measures’ to Support Growth

May 13, 2026
JENA, Germany—Carl Zeiss Meditec announced earnings on Tuesday for the first half of 2025/2026, with reported revenue of €991.0 million for the first half of its fiscal year, down 5.7 percent from €1,050.5 million in the same period last year. When adjusted for currency fluctuations, the decline was 1.0 percent. Adjusted EBITA fell to €60.5 million, down from the previous year’s €112.6 million, re

Aussie Rules eye infections: “The pain was unbearable”

May 14, 2026
A Northern Territory athlete has described her experience of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis following an outbreak among more than 100 players