Newsroom

• The National Kidney Foundation Releases Commentary on Hepatitis C Guidelines for Clinicians - 04/09/2020
• NKF Urges America’s Hospitals and Health Systems to Not Implement Policies to Deprive Kidney Patients from Lifesaving Interventions During COVID-19 - 04/03/2020
• The National Kidney Foundation Announces Winners of Prestigious Annual Awards - 03/27/2020
• 25 People Win the KidneyX Patient Innovator Challenge with Ideas to Improve Patients Lives - 03/26/2020
• Study Reveals Possible Drug Treatment for Lupus Kidney Disease - 03/25/2020
• Promising Drug Treatment Study Presented at National Kidney Foundation's Spring Clinical Meetings - 03/25/2020
• Kidney Disease and Coronavirus: Mitigating the Threat - 03/23/2020
• Longtime Kidney Health Advocate to Receive National Kidney Foundation Award - 03/23/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Honors Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson with 2020 Corporate Innovator Award - 03/20/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Urges Clarity and Flexibility on Elective Surgery Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak - 03/19/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Urges Kidney Patients to Continue Dialysis Treatments During COVID-19 Outbreak - 03/19/2020
• The National Kidney Foundation Releases Comprehensive Guideline for Vascular Access in Dialysis Patients - 03/13/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Observes World Kidney Day by Asking “Are You the 33%?” - 03/12/2020
• Position Statement on Reform of Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Metrics - 07/09/2019

Foundation News

• NKF and CVS Kidney Care have Joined Forces to Promote Kidney Health - 03/04/2020
• Nationwide Kidney Risk Campaign Launched by NKF, HHS, and ASN - 03/02/2020
• Michigan Advocate to Receive the National Kidney Foundation’s Celeste Castillo Lee Award - 01/15/2020
• Philadelphia Doctor to Receive the National Kidney Foundation’s J. Michael Lazarus Award - 01/13/2020
• New Poll of American Adults Shows People Should Start the New Year Focused on Kidney Health - 01/02/2020
• Popular Beverage Protects Against Kidney Disease - 12/11/2019
• National Kidney Foundation Bestows Highest Honor on Maryland Doctor - 12/10/2019
• San Diego Doctor Named Recipient of NKF’s Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture Award - 12/03/2019
• Sharon Scribner Pearce Named Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at NKF - 11/18/2019
• New Harris Poll Shows Many Americans Don’t Know About Kidney Disease Risk - 11/14/2019
• National Kidney Foundation Board Announces Anthony Tuggle as Chairman-elect, Dr. Paul M. Palevsky as President-elect - 11/13/2019
• New Study Suggests Intervention for Kidney Disease Can Reduce Hospitalizations and Costs - 11/12/2019
• Public Awareness Initiative for AAKH Announced as a Public-Private Partnership with NKF and ASN - 11/04/2019
• “Giving Has a Nice Ring to It” in Stylish Sonix X NKF Campaign - 11/01/2019
• CBS Partners with NKF to Increase Awareness about Living Kidney Donation - 10/31/2019
• National Kidney Foundation Awards Five Young Investigators Grants for Research - 10/29/2019
• National Kidney Foundation, Baxter Partnership Boosts Patient Peer Mentoring - 10/22/2019
• National Kidney Foundation Journal Names New Editor-in-Chief - 07/24/2019
• KAPP Implements Recommendations from NKF Kidney Discards Conference - 07/17/2019
• 37 Million American Adults Now Estimated to Have Chronic Kidney Disease - 07/17/2019
• President Trump Announces Administration’s Bold Vision for Transforming Kidney Care - 07/10/2019
• NKF Expands THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE to 15 More Key U.S. Markets - 06/18/2019
• NKF Unveils Kidney Pathways, a Curated Kidney Health Education Curriculum - 06/13/2019
• NKF to Develop First-Ever Patient Registry for Chronic Kidney Disease - 05/21/2019
• HHS Report on Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Shows Cost Savings - 05/10/2019
• CDC Epidemiologist to Receive National Kidney Foundation's Public Service Award - 05/07/2019
• NKF Introduces New Award for Nephrology Nursing - 05/06/2019
• Leader in Improving Diagnosis is Keynote Speaker at NKF’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings - 05/06/2019
• Transplantation Expert Dr. Matthew Cooper will receive NKF’s New Excellence Award - 05/06/2019
• NKF Honors Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., with SCM19 Corporate Innovator Award - 05/02/2019
• NKF Applauds New Kansas Legislation to Protect Living Organ Donors - 04/23/2019
• NKF Study Reveals Challenges in Co-Management of Kidney Patients in Primary Care - 04/17/2019
• NKF to Present Prestigious Joel D. Kopple Award to Washington Dietitian - 04/16/2019
• NKF Statement on CREDENCE Data as Potential New Treatment for Diabetic Kidney Disease - 04/14/2019
• NKF Statement on Landmark Legislation Signed by Oklahoma Governor to Protect Living Organ Donors - 04/11/2019

Legislative News

• NKF Applauds Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Legislation Introduced in the U.S. Senate - 02/27/2020
• NKF Statement on Administration’s New Budget Proposal - 02/10/2020
• Dr. Gabriel Danovitch Receives NKF Excellence in Kidney Transplantation Award - 01/28/2020
• National Kidney Foundation’s Dr. Matthew Cooper to Testify before Congress - 01/08/2020
• NKF Applauds New Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Legislation to Help Save Transplant Patients from Organ Rejection - 01/06/2020
• NKF Applauds New Proposed Rules to Increase Organ Donation - 12/17/2019
• NKF Statement on The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 - 06/05/2019
• NKF Statement on CMS Final Rule on Protected Drug Class - 05/17/2019
• NKF Statement on New Legislation for Dialysis Innovation - 05/15/2019
• HHS Focus on Redesigning Dialysis Can Help Improve the Lives of Kidney Patients - 04/29/2019

Programs and Events

• NKF Honors Home Dialysis Nurse with Mattix Award - 02/11/2020
• Minneapolis Pharmacist to receive NKF Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award - 02/04/2020
• Two Teams Take Honors at NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic Finals at Pebble Beach - 01/23/2020
• NKF to Present Prestigious Joel D. Kopple Award to California Doctor - 01/22/2020
• Boston Doctor to be Honored for Clinical Excellence by National Kidney Foundation - 11/19/2019
• NKF Partners with the Lupus Research Alliance to Offer Course to Healthcare Professionals - 11/11/2019
• IgA Nephropathy Patients Invited to Speak About their Disease to the FDA - 08/16/2019
• NKF Sponsors Workshop to Examine New Therapy for Diabetic Kidney Disease - 06/27/2019
• Ground-breaking Studies Presented at NKF's 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings - 05/10/2019
• Investigators Present Hundreds of Studies to Annual Gathering of Kidney Health Professionals at NKF 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings - 05/09/2019
• NKF Presents Highest Awards in Kidney Health at Important Gathering of Professionals - 05/08/2019

Research Studies

• NKF Investigators Review Guidelines on Caring for Living Donors - 01/28/2020
• Taking Blood Pressure Measurement Properly is Vital to Patients’ Health - 12/18/2019
• The Lancet Publishes Study Showing Hyperkalemia Drug May Help Kidney Patients Stay on Hypertension Treatment - 09/15/2019
• Landmark Analysis Supports New Endpoints for Kidney Disease Trials - 08/28/2019
• Research Finds More than Half of Patients with Abnormal Kidney Function Not Getting Timely Follow-up - 07/16/2019
• Kidney Patients, Care Partners Invited to Submit Ideas and Innovations for National Prize Competition - 07/11/2019
• New Study Shows Hyperkalemia Drug May Help Kidney Patients Stay on Treatment for Hypertension - 05/10/2019
• Study Finds Exercise Improves Overall Fitness of Older Kidney Patients - 05/10/2019
• Study Shows Investigational Solution Reduces Catheter-Related Infections - 05/10/2019
• Kidney Disease in Patients with Diabetes is Going Undiagnosed, Says Study Presented at 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings - 05/09/2019
• Study Suggests Artificial Intelligence Improves Donor Kidney Allocation Process - 05/09/2019
• Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury is on the Rise and Socioeconomic Factors Play a Role, Study Finds - 05/09/2019

General Health

• FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Diabetes-Related Kidney Disease - 09/30/2019