A Spanish study of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found the rate of visual decline increased significantly and irreversibly during...

Ocular effects including chronic bilateral dacryoadenitis and Purtscher-like retinopathy have been noted in around 11% of Covid-19-positive patients, according...

US researchers have formally linked Covid-19 infection with a recent surge in mucormycosis, also known as ‘black fungus’ and formerly considered a rare...

US researchers have reported four cases or corneal transplant rejection in patients following their Covid-19 vaccinations.

A Turkish study has shown that some patients had significant alterations in corneal and lenticular densitometric values following Covid-19 infection.

The Centre for Ocular Research and Education (CORE) has released a new Contact Lens Update exploring the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on five clinically...

As a previous optometry practice owner, I have been thinking about the vaccination question owners and staff haven’t had to confront until now: ‘Will you...

When the first Pfizer-BioNTech jab was given to 91-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan in December 2020, it gave the world hope that an end to the Covid-19...

A retrospective cohort study in the US has shown that patients with non-infectious uveitis (NIU) are more likely to contract Covid-19 and experience severe...

The government’s stipulation that anyone providing a health service in close contact with the public be fully vaccinated is being welcomed by eyecare professionals...

It is now expected that optometrists, dispensing opticians and supporting staff will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by 1 December 2021 and receive...

An open letter encouraging New Zealanders to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has been signed by more than 5,000 Aotearoa New Zealand doctors.   The Royal...