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![Child in hooded sweatshirt doing an arts and crafts project with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Receives Major Gift from Schattner Foundation to Support Grant Programs and National Virtual Camp"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20Schattner%20Foundation%20-%20July%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=2oYNANDz)
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The $275,000 grant will benefit people in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area living with kidney failure, children living with kidney disease and people li...
![Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee speaking a podium with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Statement on the Passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20Sheila%20Jackson%20Lee%20-%20July%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=QWpgCv2j)
Press release
AKF President and CEO LaVarne A. Burton's statement on the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a tireless advocate for people living with kidney d...
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Kidney disease kills more Americans every year than breast or prostate cancer, but 9 in 10 don't know they have the disease, leading to late diagnosis and ...
![OG Image Hyperkalemia Guidelines](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20Hyperkalemia%20Guidelines%20-%20July%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=bV7Qkrer)
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AKF has launched patient-focused guidelines to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) manage and treat hyperkalemia, also known as high potassium.
![Suni Lee making a heart sign with her hands above her head with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Teams Up with Gymnastics Champion Suni Lee to Help Educate and Empower People to Know the Cause of Their Kidney Disease"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20AKF%20and%20Suni%20Lee%20%20-%20July%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=Gqr6xLPZ)
Press release
Suni Lee and AKF partner on AKF's Know Your Kidneys initiative
![New Hampshire state capitol building with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Applauds New Hampshire for Passing Living Donor Protection Legislation"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20NH%20LDPA%20%20-%20June%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=MVWZhopX)
Press release
AKF commends New Hampshire for making living organ donor protections state law
![Hands put on top of each other with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Convenes Rare Kidney Disease Action Network to Advocate for Policies and Regulations that Help Patients with Rare Causes of Kidney Disease"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/RKDAN%20PR%20Hands%202.png?itok=PdV0Fy_l)
Press release
AKF launches the Rare Kidney Disease Action Network (RKDAN), a new effort that will play a vital role in ensuring that the voices of people fighting rare kidney...
![Emergency workers removing a tree with a blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund Activates Disaster Relief Program to Support Dialysis and Post-Transplant Patients Affected by Storms in Texas"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/PR%20Texas%20Disaster%20Relief%20-%20May%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=PvlVGc2Y)
Press release
AKF has turned on its Disaster Relief Program to administer emergency grants to dialysis and post-transplant patients who have been impacted by destructive stor...
![AKF Ambassador and lawmakers in a Congressional office with blue text overlay, "American Kidney Fund's Kidney Action Summit Brings AKF Ambassadors to Capitol Hill"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Release%20%20Kidney%20Action%20Summit%20-%20May%202024%20-%20OG.png?itok=4y1QaLn3)
Press release
Today, more than three dozen AKF Ambassadors will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to urge support for legislation that will improve the l...