Contact lenses are the obvious choice when you want to see clearly without anything resting on your face. While wearing them is convenient, they require proper cleaning and care to protect your vision ...

January kicks off with the Quadrantids, one of the quickest yet strongest meteor showers of the year. The shower is expected to peak overnight between January 3 and 4, according to the American Meteor ...

A woman lost her left eye to an amoeba she contracted while showering with reusable contact lenses on. Marie Mason / SWNS A British granny has gone partially blind due to a dangerous amoeba, which ...

As I write my column at about 4 p.m. Saturday, I look out my west-facing window, and a heavy shower is pounding rain, ice pellets and, alas, wet snowflakes against my pane. The temperature had dropped ...

Many work sites and facilities have emergency showers and eye/face wash fixtures. However, while the fixtures may be installed at a work site, that doesn’t always mean a facility and its workers are ...

Finally, we received some rainfall after over two weeks without any measurable rain at all. Somewhat unusual for June. Not that we always enjoy long periods of dry weather in June, but scattered ...

With OSHA fine increases of 80 percent taking effect in August 2016, violations for inappropriate or inadequate eyewash and shower equipment have resulted in penalties above $100,000. The standard ...

If you are looking for a spectacular show this weekend, look up to find the Orionid meteor shower shining bright through Saturday and Sunday night. The shower is expected to peak at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, ...

Your daily shower isn't usually a health risk, but for one man in England, it may have led to a serious eye infection that left him blind in one eye, according to news reports. "If I'd have known how ...

A Belgian woman claims she lost her right eye after a parasite got stuck behind her contact lens when she took a shower, causing her to develop a rare but serious eye infection. Petra van Kalmthout ...