Is it possible to sneeze with your eyes open? Here's what experts say: ow.ly/DSDO50BWOUA

Be aware: If you have diabetes, you might be at an increased risk to experience blurred vision. Find out more: ow.ly/GPX950BQvZW

The FTC's Contact Lens Rule changes take effect on Friday, Oct. 16! Prepare your practice for implementation with these resources: bit.ly/soc-tw-1020-adv-cid-1…

Could your patients be unintentionally damaging their eyes? Here are 17 surprising things that can worsen their vision: ow.ly/bOed50BRtlc

Kicking off Day 2 of #AOAontheHill20 where hundreds of doctors of optometry, future docs and paraoptometric professionals are meeting virtually with U.S. House and Senate leaders to ensure optometry’s policy priorities and patient eye health and vision care are front and center.

Registered for #AskAOA’s latest webinar? Don’t miss the chance to discuss vision plan abuses and how AOA and affiliates are advocating for doctors at the federal and state levels. Join us tomorrow, August 13 at 9pm ET. bit.ly/3grdxNe

Hundreds of optometry students travel to Charlotte each year to take part three of their exam. The AOA and other academic officials ask the National Board of Examiners in Optometry be flexible to meet students' needs during this pandemic: bit.ly/soc-tw-720-adv-cid-16…

Though you may have a mask policy in place, some patients may not want to follow it. AOA's General Counsel's Office share insights on the issue: bit.ly/soc-tw-720-ins-cid-15…

The AOA supports a proposed act to update cigarette packaging to include more graphic warnings. Read how the new rule could inform the public of smoking's relationship to vision loss: bit.ly/soc-tw-919-cli-cid-25

U.S. Representatives Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) have introduced legislation that will change the game of ordering contact lenses online. Read more: ow.ly/lElb50vd9A1

Thanks to the @FTC for making the public aware about the importance of purchasing lenses with a valid prescription! Looking forward to continuing working with the FTC and Congress on stopping ongoing illegal contact lens sales.

Keep the bang in your #FourthOfJuly holiday by handling fireworks safely. Here's how: ow.ly/FZHX30kMRvN

AOA President Samuel D. Pierce, O.D., and other members of the AOA Board of Trustees were sworn into office at Optometry's Meeting® 2018 in Denver, Colorado. aoa.org/news/inside-optometr… @Optometrysmtg @TheAOSA

FTC hosts Contact Lens Rule workshop; yields to advocates’ persistence bit.ly/2Cv6wes

November is American Diabetes Month. AOA members can take advantage of several tools in the fight against #diabetes: ow.ly/HdD030ghtkm