Kidney Care Community News

The National Kidney Registry will expand its Donor Shield program to increase maximum travel and dependent care reimbursements by $1,000.

Fresenius Medical Care is recalling some 2008 Series hemodialysis machines because non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl acid may be leaching from the silicone tubing used in the machines, according to an FDA press release.

The National Kidney Foundation has named recipients of its Health Equity Community Engagement Award, a grant program to provide funding for research to address kidney health disparities.

Healio | Nephrology News & Issues interviewed Michelle A. Josephson, MD, FASN, president of the American Society of Nephrology, on what attendees can expect during Kidney Week, which takes place Nov. 1-5 in Philadelphia.

The National Kidney Foundation announced five recipients of the 2023 NKF Young Investigator Research Grant Program, according to a press release.

Seventeen patient advocacy organizations from multiple continents have collaborated to create the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health, according to a recent press release.

The Lupus Research Alliance granted its 2023 Global Team Science Award to a multidisciplinary team to study pediatric lupus nephritis, according to a press release.

In my youth, the thought of being a dialysis technician never entered my mind. The start of my journey into the dialysis world was through the military.

A dialysis clinic that remained undamaged after a fire destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, last month remains closed because electricity and access to water have not been restored.

The profession of renal health care is evolving, with breakthroughs in research and innovative treatments that improve the lives of millions of patients with kidney disease.