Kidney Today Blog

Highlights of a very successful year in state advocacy for AKF and our community of kidney disease advocates.

With the passage of living donor protection laws in eight states, the national average on AKF's State of the States Living Donor Protection Report Card was...

Did you know that since January 2022, the American Kidney Fund has won 14 awards for its content?

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...

On May 4 - or May the Fourth, widely-known as Star Wars Day - AKF hosted its annual Kidney Action Summit, connecting Ambassadors and their elected officials to ...

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...

When AKF Ambassador Beth Burbridge saw her neighbor's Facebook post trying to find a kidney donor for his son Jackson, she thought, 'What if this was ...

AKF Ambassador Kat Velkoff donated her kidney to a stranger in 2020 and ever since, has been advocating for living organ donor protections in Virginia.

If you live in Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio or North Carolina, there are living donor protection bills moving through your state's legislature! Learn more...