Kidney Today Blog

As we enter the colder seasons when viruses spread more, now is the time to protect yourself against diseases by making sure you are up to date on your vaccines...

AKF answers questions about what you need to know about Medicaid unwinding

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light what we in the kidney community already know: Non-medical social determinants of health lead to decreased health outc...

"As things begin to reopen and more and more people are resuming normal life, I am reminded that my body is not like others. I know that I have to trust my...

LaVarne Burton, American Kidney Fund President and CEO, participated in The Atlantic Health Summit in a panel discussion on "The Power of Patient Advocacy....

AKF Ambassador Ken Sutha is a pediatric nephrologist and two-time kidney transplant recipient. He also received some of the earliest doses of the COVID-19 vacci...

In 2008, Anthony DeGuilio donated his kidney to Barbara Asofsky, a woman he had never met, in the first paired organ exchange New York and the second ever in th...

AKF Ambassador Nichole received the call letting her know a kidney was available for her right in the middle of the first wave of COVID-19. She reflected on the...

LeighAnn's husband received a kidney transplant in 2011 and he has been living a pretty normal life since the surgery. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit th...