Sonya Liakh was diagnosed with eye cancer at age 2. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted her treatment, her family faced a desperate struggle.
Tag: Eyes and Eyesight
A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon’s Doctors to the Limit
Exploding wireless devices maimed thousands. An Israeli airstrike on Friday flattened two buildings. Many doctors, exhausted, wonder how the country will cope if violence continues.
An English Shepherd Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.
Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness.
Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows
A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.
Security Forces in Iran Have Blinded Hundreds of Protesters
Security forces have been firing ammunition that has ruptured the eyes of antigovernment demonstrators in the past two months. “Everything went dark,” one said.
A Canadian Family Is Seeing the World Before Their Children’s Vision Falters
A Canadian family is on a yearlong journey across Asia and Africa because three of their four children have an eye condition that causes blindness.
What If You Could Become Invisible to Mosquitoes?
Using Crispr, scientists have taken the first step toward creating a mosquito that is blind to human hosts.
A ‘Flying Ship,’ and the Superior Mirage Behind It
“I told myself, ‘It must be on water,’” said a walker who took a picture that has since gone viral. “My head doesn’t want to understand that, but it must be on water.”
A Bullet to the Eye Is the Price of Protesting in Chile
A bandaged eye is now so common among people protesting inequality in Chile that it has become a rallying symbol.
‘It’s Mutilation’: The Police in Chile Are Blinding Protesters
Our correspondent goes inside an eye trauma unit in Chile that’s responding to “an epidemic” of protesters who have been shot in the eye by police pellet guns.