Kidney Today Blog

AKF Ambassador Shante Byrd shares her experience of traveling to D.C. to meet with her elected officials during this year's Kidney Action Summit, sharing h...

Despite being in stage 5 kidney disease, Sally Carrubba had no symptoms and there were no signs anything was awry, illustrating how kidney disease is a silent k...

On May 17, AKF hosted its annual Kidney Action Summit, connecting Ambassadors and their elected officials to discuss important legislation for the kidney commun...

On April 20, AKF hosted its first Patient Access Initiative Summit in Washington, D.C., bringing together stakeholders to discuss barriers to health care access...

On Tuesday, May 9 at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. News & World Report will host a webinar sponsored by AKF about battling health disparities in treating chronic kidney ...

Lynne Wright, a social worker from Pennsylvania, shares her experience seeing the toll polycystic kidney disease took on her husband's body and spirit.

Through her own experience with lupus and kidney disease, AKF Ambassador Della Major discovered that it's important for people with kidney disease to know ...

Welcome to our What's happening in the states blog series, where we provide monthly legislative updates on what the American Kidney Fund (AKF) is working o...

AKF presented three posters at the National Kidney Foundation's Spring Clinical Meetings held on April 11-15, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The featured posters r...