Kidney Today Blog

As part of the American Kidney Fund's (AKF) Kidney Action Week earlier this month, our government relations team hosted a virtual Congressional briefing with a panel of national experts. The briefing, "COVID-19, Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health,&...

About 1,500 babies are born with spina bifida each year in the U.S. 26% of them go on to develop kidney damage, and some later progress to kidney failure. Learn more about spina bifida's impact on the kidneys in a guest post from the Spina Bifida Association.

Learn what inspired Darius Brown to become an AKF Ambassador.

Health coverage is a necessity for people with kidney disease, but COVID-19 layoffs and cuts to salaries and working hours mean millions of Americans no longer qualify for their employers' health insurance benefit.

As some parts of the country are loosening COVID-19 shutdown restrictions, you may be wondering how to stay safe and healthy while also having a connection to the outside world. Katie Pickard, a Satellite Health social worker, shared some reopening advice on our blog.

For the past 17 years, Camp All Stars has been a place where kids with kidney disease can just be kids. The camp was started by Johns Hopkins Children's Center so that kids who are on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant can have — many for the first time — an ove...

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the kidney community got a hopeful glimpse into innovations in treating kidney failure at the Virtual KidneyX Summit that introduced six winners in Phase 2 of the competition to "Redesign Dialysis."

24 AKF Ambassadors from 15 states and the District of Columbia participated in AKF's first Virtual Fly-in.

Learn what other conditions can elevate your risk even further, and how to protect yourself and others.