BOSTON, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Whittier Street Health Center, a community health center with a mission to serve as a center of excellence that provides high-quality and accessible health care and social services that achieve health equity, social justice, and the economic well-being of a diverse patient population, is emphasizing the importance of regular eye exams for all ages.

Similar to regularly scheduled primary care and dental appointments, routine vision check-ups can detect early signs of disease and help find solutions for children, seniors and everyone in between.

Often, vision issues with children go undetected, so parents should be on alert if their child closes one eye when reading or watching television, begins to avoid activities that require reading, rub their eyes often, and/or are struggling with school work. All these signs point to the need for an eye examinati