Growing up with CF, I always felt like my life was a ticking time bomb. Growing up, I didn’t really think about my own mortality and my life span; that all changed when I turned 18. I vividly remember ...

I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a baby, only to be told later that I didn't have it. As an adult, I began to face persistent health challenges and had to become my own advocate, pushing for ...

The Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation welcomes you! Volunteers are the key to our success and the lifeblood of our organization. We have many opportunities for you to get involved. Your ...

Growing up with CF, running was never an easy thing for me. Despite that, I dedicated myself to my school’s cross-country team for years and earned a spot on the varsity team. When the chance to ...

A new CFTR modulator treatment called Alyftrek has been approved for people with CF ages 6 and older who have CFTR mutations that are eligible for Trikafta, as well as 31 other rare mutations that ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the expansion of Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) to people with cystic fibrosis ages 2 and ...

I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis-related liver cirrhosis in 2004 at the age of 9. Growing up, my disease wasn’t something to be pitied or seen as a weakness. It was a strength. I had the mentality ...

When my daughter, Elara, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at just 1 month old, my world shifted in an instant. As a mother to a 5-year-old, I was no stranger to the ups and downs of parenting, but ...

The CF Foundation supports a wide range of innovative research programs to discover and develop new and effective CF therapies. Drug Development Pipeline and Clinical Trials Research and trials to ...

Postdoctoral research fellowship awards are offered for support of postdoctoral research training related to cystic fibrosis. Preference will be given to recent graduates and those just beginning ...