Newsroom

• Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist Soledad O’Brien to Serve as Master of Ceremonies for the National Kidney Foundation’s Virtual Kidney Walk - 10/27/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Announces Appointment of University of Pittsburgh Nephrologist Dr. Paul M. Palevsky as President of the National Board - 10/26/2020
• Drug Study Offers New Hope to Patients with Both Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes - 10/23/2020
• American Ninja Warrior and National Kidney Foundation Join Forces to Help Kidney Patients Find a Living Donor - 10/22/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Announces Atlanta Business Executive and Kidney Transplant Patient Anthony E. Tuggle as New Chair of the National Board - 10/20/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Appoints Johns Hopkins Nephrologist to Board of Directors - 10/19/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Appoints Atlanta Executive to Board of Directors - 10/19/2020
• Boston’s Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas Named the National Kidney Foundation’s President-Elect - 10/19/2020
• NKF Clarifying Statement on the Proposed OPO Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) - 10/09/2020
• NKF Statement Regarding the Administration’s Proposed Revisions to the OPO Conditions for Coverage - 10/02/2020
• Harold Feldman Reappointed as Editor-in-Chief of the National Kidney Foundation’s AJKD - 09/30/2020
• Moonstone Nutrition and NKF partner to prevent kidney stones - 09/29/2020
• Major Groups Representing Millions of Patients Release Telehealth Principles - 09/28/2020
• National Kidney Foundation and IAA, Inc. Partner to Help People with Kidney Disease - 09/24/2020
• The National Kidney Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Want Everyone to Get a Flu Shot - 09/22/2020
• New Study Offers Hope for Patients with Diabetes and Advanced Kidney Disease - 09/21/2020
• NKF Statement on the ESRD Treatment Choices Model (ETC) and Policies to Improve Kidney Patient Choice - 09/18/2020
• National Kidney Foundation and Transplant Genomics Lace-Up for Kidney Patients - 09/18/2020
• Patient Advocates, Actor Wilmer Valderrama Bring Passion and Urgency to 7th Annual Kidney Patient Summit - 09/17/2020
• Advocates from Across the U.S Convene for Virtual Kidney Patient Summit - 09/15/2020
• Nationwide Kidney Risk Campaign Relaunches by NKF, HHS, and ASN - 09/01/2020
• National Kidney Foundation and LogistiCare Lace-Up for Kidney Patients - 08/27/2020
• National Kidney Foundation and Imperial Headwear Tee-Off to Help People with Kidney Disease - 08/26/2020
• The National Kidney Foundation Announces First Clinical Partner on NKF Patient Network - 08/21/2020
• National Kidney Foundation, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Release KDOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Nutrition - 08/20/2020
• National Kidney Foundation and Konica Minolta Team Up to Help People with Kidney Disease - 08/18/2020
• NKF Celebrates National Minority Donor Awareness Month - 08/05/2020
• Spiceology Releases 13 New Salt Free Seasonings To Shake Up The Health, Wellness & Fitness Markets - 08/04/2020
• Young Investigators Recognized at National Kidney Foundation’s 15th Annual National Young Investigators Forum - 07/22/2020
• New Kidney Health Evaluation Measure to Improve Kidney Disease Testing in Diabetes Patients - 07/20/2020
• 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 Kidney Patients to Continue Dialysis Treatments During COVID-19 Outbreak - 03/19/2020
• National Kidney Foundation Urges Clarity and Flexibility on Elective Surgery Procedures 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

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

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