A mother who was unable to see after giving birth to her first child has had her sight restored following a plasma donation.

New mother Jessica Kent-Hazledine said she feared “the worst” when her vision started to go in April last year, but now her sight is “so much better” ...

Vision is one of the most crucial human senses, yet more than 300 million people worldwide are at risk of vision loss due to various retinal diseases. While recent advancements in retinal disease ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One eye becomes dominant, while the other lags behind. Standard care relies on ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common type of eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. If approved for broader use in the future, the treatment ...

A marathon of free cataract surgeries in South Africa has restored vision for 133 patients, reducing years-long waiting lists in the public health system. The initiative, part of a public-private ...

The 33-year-old dentist from Cornwall woke up two weeks after having her son with little vision in her left eye, which she ...