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UPDATE: On April 26, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that included the proposals below, and now it is with the Senate for consideration....

When Precious McCowan lost her child and kidney transplant it would have been easy to succumb to the tragedy. Instead, she channeled her grief into ad...

Roman McCormick was born with branchiootorenal/branchiootic syndrome, also known as BOR/BO syndrome. BOR/BO syndrome is a rare genetic condition that ...

Before the existence of three new medications designed to help individuals with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease or early-stage kidney disease, we o...

Both the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Coalition for Kidney Health (C4KH), a multi-stakeholder group of partners convened by NKF, recently...

When Thelma was just twelve years old, she started experiencing swelling in her hands and feet. But without health insurance, her family had to rely o...

Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS Have you ever heard of Prune Belly or Eagle-Barrett syndrome? Joshua Wilder was born with this rare genetic disease tha...

Undocumented people face increased barriers to accessing health coverage and care, including treatment for kidney disease. What advocacy is being don...

First diagnosed with kidney disease in 1999 at twenty-seven, Melissa Bensouda knows better than most that living with kidney disease is a life-long jo...

In the early morning of November 7th, 2021, more than 30,000 excited racers gathered at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island to participate in the 50th ann...