Kidney Patients And Docs Ask Congress To Expand Research And Innovation
Amidst COVID-19, Largest American Kidney Organizations Back Strategic Funding for NIH and KidneyX
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WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest kidney patient organization in America, partnered with the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the world s largest renal professional organization, to host their 9
th Annual Kidney Health Advocacy Day on April 14th. The event centered on two specific Congressional kidney funding requests, $25 million for the KidneyX, a collaborative between ASN and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and an additional $285 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), each designed to accelerate groundbreaking advances in kidney disease research and innovation. Together, the organizations conducted dozens of joint, virtual meetings among key
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By SANDI DOUGHTON | The Seattle Times | Published: January 25, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. SEATTLE (Tribune News Service) Kelly Hickman knows exactly how she got the novel coronavirus: Attending a friend s wedding in early March, just before scattered outbreaks around the globe coalesced into a pandemic. What the 37-year-old Seattle woman doesn t know is when or if her life will get back to normal. Though her initial infection was mild enough that she kept working from home, Hickman soon found herself plunged into a cycle of crushing fatigue and brain fog so impenetrable she couldn t read a book or follow the plot of a movie. Her skin felt like it was on fire. She had to quit her job and for months could barely get out of bed.