Press Room
November 2019
“Giving Has a Nice Ring to It” in Stylish Sonix X NKF Campaign
Nationwide sale of rhinestone phone ring and stand raising funds and
awareness of living kidney donation ahead of holiday season
New York, NY – November 1, 2019 – Los Angeles-based...
October 2019
CBS Partners with NKF to Increase Awareness about Living Kidney Donation
October 31, 2019 - In a current storyline, the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) features main character “Katie Logan” receiving a kidney...
October 2019
National Kidney Foundation Awards Five Young Investigators Grants for Research
New York, NY–October 29, 2019 — Five young scientists have been awarded the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Young Investigator Research Grants to advance knowledge about the...
October 2019
National Kidney Foundation, Baxter Partnership Boosts Patient Peer Mentoring
New York, NY – October 22, 2019 – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has joined forces with Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in renal care, to highlight and...
September 2019
FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Diabetes-Related Kidney Disease
The National Kidney Foundation Statement about INVOKANA® (Canagliflozin)
New York, NY–Sept. 30, 2019— “The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson...
September 2019
The Lancet Publishes Study Showing Hyperkalemia Drug May Help Kidney Patients Stay on Hypertension Treatment
Results presented at late-breaking trial session of National Kidney Foundation's 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY–Sept. 15, 2019— The respected peer-reviewed, medical...
August 2019
Landmark Analysis Supports New Endpoints for Kidney Disease Trials
Study was joint effort of the National Kidney Foundation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency
New York, NY – August 28, 2019 - The American...
August 2019
IgA Nephropathy Patients Invited to Speak About their Disease to the FDA
National Kidney Foundation and IGAN Foundation of America organizing meeting to hear voices of patients with this chronic kidney disease
New York, NY – August 16, 2019...
July 2019
National Kidney Foundation Journal Names New Editor-in-Chief
Renowned nephrologist Dr. Charuhas Thakar brings years of expertise, experience in kidney health
New York, NY, – July 24, 2019 – The National Kidney...
July 2019
37 Million American Adults Now Estimated to Have Chronic Kidney Disease
Update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still shows most with CKD don’t know they have it
New York, NY – July 17, 2019 – The number of American adults...