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If you are looking for ADA press releases issued prior to 2019, please email press@diabetes.org.

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The American Diabetes Association Applauds Illinois Governor for Approving Legislation Expanding Access to CGMs for Medicaid Beneficiaries   

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) applauds…
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One in Four Patients with Difficult-to-Control Type 2 Diabetes Experience High Levels of Cortisol

Largest-Study-of-its-Kind Uncovers Potential Underlying
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Common Type 2 Diabetes Drug Shown to Safely Reduce the Progression of Kidney Disease in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

SGLT2i Shown as Potential Solution to Help Manage Renal

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Recent Press release

American Diabetes Association logo reversed out white on red background
Advocacy News

The American Diabetes Association Applauds Illinois Governor for Approving Legislation Expanding Access to CGMs for Medicaid Beneficiaries   

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) applauds…
ADA_SS24_NewsroomImage
Press release

One in Four Patients with Difficult-to-Control Type 2 Diabetes Experience High Levels of Cortisol

Largest-Study-of-its-Kind Uncovers Potential Underlying
ADA_SS24_NewsroomImage
Press release

Common Type 2 Diabetes Drug Shown to Safely Reduce the Progression of Kidney Disease in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

SGLT2i Shown as Potential Solution to Help Manage Renal
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American Diabetes Association® Mourns the Loss of Diabetes Advocate Wilford Brimley

The American Diabetes Association is saddened to hear of the passing of Wilford Brimley over the weekend. We are grateful for his decades…
Published: Monday, August 3, 2020
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American Diabetes Association Praises the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

Bipartisan King-Murkowski bill allocates testing resources for communities most at-risk The American Diabetes Association® (ADA), the…
Published: Friday, July 31, 2020
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New Data Highlights Severe Health and Economic Impact of Pandemic on Millions Living with Diabetes

Survey of those living with diabetes, released by the American Diabetes Association® and dQ&A, shows unemployment for this group at a…
Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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