News and Updates

Longtime volunteer Jennifer Bennett has been appointed Chair of the Breakthrough T1D Global Mission Board, effective July 1, 2022.

JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, has named two longtime, highly engaged volunteers to lead its International Board of Directors as Chair and Vice Chair, effective July 1, 2022.

Breakthrough T1D is glad President Biden used the State of the Union to address the insulin affordability crisis, which has had devastating consequences in the diabetes community for far too long. Joshua Davis, the young man with type 1 diabetes who joined the First Lady in the gallery, was one of the Breakthrough T1D Children’s […]

Guide on how to support the diabetes community in Ukraine.

When Insulet, the makers of Omnipod®, asked us to team up on bringing diabetes representation to Animal Crossing™, we couldn’t say no!

“What drives us as parents is the love we have for our children and the passionate hope that there is a cure out there and it’s within reach.” – Lee Ducat

He’s cute. He’s fuzzy and cuddly. And thanks to the Breakthrough T1D-Beyond Type 1 Alliance, Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes® has gone through a major upgrade!

CDC researchers report an apparent association between pediatric COVID-19 and diabetes diagnoses.

On January 11, 1922—100 years ago—14-year-old Leonard Thompson, who was diagnosed with diabetes 3 years earlier, became the first person to receive insulin.

JDRF's exercise resources are scientifically created to help you understand how to exercise safely and manage your type 1 diabetes (T1D).