Advocacy in Action Blog
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We continue seeing reports that those who contract COVID-19 are more likely to develop kidney...
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By Kevin Longino
CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
June 24, 2020
This...
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By Matthew Cooper, M.D., and Lara Tushla
While COVID-19 has put many things on hold (school, work...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
COVID-19 isn’t...
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By Risa Simon, NKF patient advocate and founder of The Proactive Path and Transplantfirst Academy;...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
You’ve been...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
This weekend...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
COVID-19 doesn’t...
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By Fiona McKinney, Kidney Patient and Kidney Advocacy Committee Member
A few weeks ago, I...
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By Torie Kranze, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana
The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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By Kevin Longino, National Kidney Foundation CEO and kidney transplant patient
COVID-19 hits people...
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by Elizabeth Fortune, freelance writer and ESRD patient
Some days, the quarantine seems normal;...
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by Haley Jensen, kidney transplant recipient and NKF patient advocate
As a kidney...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
As the nation...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
Dialysis...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
With ambulance...
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By Kevin Longino, CEO of National Kidney Foundation and kidney transplant patient
April 2, 2020...
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Last week at NKF's Spring Clinical Meetings Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and...