Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. Staying safe during a pandemic means ...

Online refractive eye exam company Opternative has launched a new white-labeled service for eye care professionals (ECPs) called EZRx. "The digital refraction (EZRx) and visual acuity screener are ...

Online refractive eye exam company Opternative has announced $9 million in investment financing. Trust Ventures and Pritzker Group Venture Capital led the round, with additional support from prior ...

Picture this: Your contact lenses are running low, and you soon realize that your last prescription has expired. With a busy week ahead, squeezing in a visit to the eye doctor would be a struggle.

Getting new glasses has always been an at least partly offline experience. You can order frames and even lenses online -- if you have the results of a recent eye exam handy. But at some point you have ...

When Warby Parker started in 2010, it had a simple pitch: upend traditional optometry by providing an online marketplace where customers can buy prescription lenses at prices that don’t make them want ...

Ladderworks is a publishing startup of diverse picture books with the mission to empower over a million kids to become social entrepreneurs. Our current series features interviews, by a character ...

Eye doctors say an online eye exam isn’t the same as an in-person visit. Mike Groll AP Getting an eye exam can now be as easy as using your smartphone and a computer, thanks to a new website that ...