
Renal news roundup from AKF
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Research News
For those prone to kidney stones, cooking and eating at home more during the COVID-19 pandemic may have had a beneficial impact, according to research involving...
Research News
The US age-adjusted death rate declined from 879.7 deaths per 100,000 individuals in 2021 to 832.8 per 100,000 in 2022, with COVID-19 a contributing or underlyi...
Policy Watch
A bill that would require insurance firms to provide equitable insurance access to living organ donors was reintroduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. and Sen. ...
Policy Watch
The World Health Organization ended its declaration of COVID-19 as a global health emergency but said the illness and variants of the virus that cause it remain...
Policy Watch
The Biden administration has announced that COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travelers, federal contractors and federal workers will end when...
Opinion, Commentary and Analysis
AKF President and CEO LaVarne A. Burton remembered she was extremely worried and in disbelief when she heard the Supreme Court's June 2022 ruling on the ca...
Opinion, Commentary and Analysis
Conservative management focused on symptom control, advance care planning and psychological support may be a better option than dialysis for some seriously ill ...
Patient Perspective
Marc Weiner, a CBS News employee and Long Island, N.Y. resident, said he feels "fabulous" and "less fatigued with more stamina" less than on...
Innovation in Renal Care
Ardelyx resubmitted an application with the FDA to seek approval for Xphozah, or tenapanor, for controlling serum phosphate in chronic kidney disease patients o...