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Nearly 1 billion people across the globe live with completely avoidable vision loss. This year, in advance of World Sight Day on October 14, global eye care nonprofit Orbis is launching a new TV PSA that highlights the importance of getting your eyes checked.

With more time spent at home during the pandemic, many of us have become do-it-yourself- ers – taking on new home improvement projects, dinner recipes and self-care routines. But one thing we may not have tackled is our health, including routine doctor’s appointments.

Junior Achievement (JA) is launching a new awareness campaign that focuses on today’s kids’ worries about the financial insecurity and economic disparity they are seeing in their daily lives, and ways to address it.

Johns Hopkins University has partnered with Big League Baseball player Didi Gregorius to spread a message of hope that those infected with or exposed to COVID-19 shouldn’t feel ashamed or guilty but instead should join clinical trials to find solutions.

La Universidad Johns Hopkins se ha asociado con el pelotero de las Grandes Ligas del Baseball Didi Gregorius para difundir un mensaje de esperanza para que quienes hayan sido infectados o expuestos al COVID-19 no se sientan avergonzados o culpables, sino que participen en ensayos clínicos y estudios para buscar soluciones.

Junior Achievement (JA) is launching a new awareness campaign aimed at connecting volunteers from the community with young people as mentors and role models. The campaign, titled “Inspiring Tomorrows™, will highlight the transformative impact a caring adult can have on a young person, not only by providing support, but by inspiring and preparing young people with essential life skills.

Getting children vaccinated with all CDC-recommended doses at the scheduled time is important to help protect them from serious illnesses. To increase awareness in Pittsburgh for this important issue, the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and Pfizer has partnered together to launch a new public service announcement campaign. The :30 PSA features Father Paul Abernathy, CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project urging Pittsburgh residents to get their children vaccinated.

Research shows that despite national efforts to end the country’s opioid epidemic, patients continue to receive large quantities of opioids for postsurgical pain, placing them at risk for potentially severe downstream consequences including addiction or dependence.

The first years of your baby’s life are some of the most important in terms of development and growth. During this time, your baby is vulnerable to potentially serious infections, such as measles, whooping cough, and invasive pneumococcal disease. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, most childhood vaccines produce immunity 90-100% of the time.