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Two Teachers Become Bonded Through Living Kidney Donation

April 13, 2026

Meet Mayra NievesMayra Nieves is an elementary school teacher in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida. Her journey with kidney disease began in 2018. She had always been a healthy person, but after having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, she learned she had an autoimmune disorder and that her kidney function was affected.

March 16, 2026

For nearly two decades, AAKP Ambassador Fiona McKinney has lived with dialysis while remaining determined to stay as healthy and informed as possible. Her story reflects the resilience of patients managing kidney disease—and the importance of phosphorus awareness in protecting long-term health.

Kidney Patients Praise U.S. Senators for Vote to Protect Living Organ Donors

March 2, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 27, 2026 FOR MORE INFORMATION:Brendan LaCivitaNational and Medical Media Specialist(813) 906-7740blacivita@aakp.org Kidney Patients Praise U.S. Senators for Vote to Protect Living Organ Donors Elimination of Insurance Discrimination Toward Living Organ Donors Within Reach After Bipartisan Majority of U.

February 15, 2026

Annamarie Rodriguez, MS, RDN, LD, DipACLM, FAND Let’s make 2026 the year of the New You! Or maybe the New Gut! Making simple changes to the diet builds a stronger and healthier gut, which means a stronger and healthier you!

December 17, 2025

By Annamarie Rodriguez, MS, RDN, LD, DipACLM, FAND We are nearing the New Year, and many people might be thinking, “out with the old, in with the new,” and when it comes to the kidney diet this has never been truer.

November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025Representative Don BaconU.S. House of Representatives2104 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Representative Jerrold NadlerU.S. House of Representatives2132 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Subject: AAKP, ASTS, AST Endorsement – Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 4582 and H.R.

October 1, 2025

Q&A with OPKO Health, Inc., Akhtar Ashfaq MD, FACP, FASN OPKO Health is a fully-integrated healthcare company focused on delivering next-generation solutions for serious diseases across established global markets.

August 1, 2025

By Maya Doyle, MSW, PhDBack in 2005, I wrote an article for aakpRENALIFE called “Why Camp Counts”. At that point, I had been the pediatric nephrology social worker at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore for a few years and had taken on the role of social work coordinator for our “kidney camp” program.

July 4, 2025

AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025 Dear AAKP Members, Friends, and Allies:As we celebrate this Fourth of July, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) proudly honors the courageous men and women who took a stand for liberty and battled to free our nation from the yoke of the tyrannical King of England over 250 years ago.

July 1, 2025

June 26, 2025Chris KlompCMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for MedicareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 212440-1850Dear Deputy Administrator Klomp:

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Two Teachers Become Bonded Through Living Kidney Donation

AAKP Ambassador Fiona McKinney: Staying “Transplant Ready” Through Phosphorus Management and Patient Advocacy

Kidney Patients Praise U.S. Senators for Vote to Protect Living Organ Donors

Fiber: Kingpin of the Gut

Out with the Old, In with PLADO!

ASTS, AST, AAKP Joint LDPA Letter

AAKP INNOVATOR SERIES: OPKO HEALTH, INC.

Why Camp Counts (50 years and counting…)

AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025

PIPC Letter on Medicare Negotiation Guidance