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Access the most up to date press release announcements from the NKF. You can filter by topics using the box below. For our archive click here.

Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases - 07/02/2020
Statement on Racial Violence and Disparities in America - 06/01/2020
Nation's Largest Kidney Patient and Professional Organizations Urge Action to Protect Patients During Reopening - 05/21/2020
COVID-19 Patients are Becoming Kidney Patients but Most Americans Unaware - 05/13/2020
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
Promising Drug Treatment Study Presented at National Kidney Foundation's Spring Clinical Meetings - 03/25/2020
Study Reveals Possible Drug Treatment for Lupus Kidney Disease - 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

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

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

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

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

General Health

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