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ROCKVILLE, Md., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Katherine M. Wang, M.D., a second-year nephrology fellow at Stanford University, has been named the American Kidney Fund (AKF) Clinical Scientist...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opponents of Senate Bill 1156 (Leyva) rallied outside the State Capitol today to urge the California Assembly Health Committee to protect...

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thirteen groups representing patients with chronic and rare diseases have joined the American Kidney Fund and others in opposition to California...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A year after the devastating 2017 hurricane season in which storms battered the southern United States and its Caribbean territories, the American...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After weeks of online voting, 7-year-old De’Nahri Middleton of Jackson, Mississippi, is the winner of the American Kidney Fund’s (AKF) annual art...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tuesday, May 22, is National Gout Awareness Day and the American Kidney Fund (AKF) is joining a nationwide effort to educate people about the...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Kidney Fund (AFK) today unveiled CKD Central, a new free online education portal offering comprehensive information and resources on...

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thirteen young kidney patients from across the country are lighting up their social networks asking friends and family to help put their artwork...

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Kidney Fund (AKF) today announced it is accepting nominations in its 8th annual nationwide search for a Hero of Hope—an...

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For years, if not decades, some very profitable business groups and health insurance providers have tried and pursued a discrimination...