ALS

The bassist for the Zac Brown Band announced he has been diagnosed with ALS.

U.S. health advisers have narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a negative review of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease

President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without using forced labor

Jerseys, baseball bats and other items that belonged to Pete Frates, the former college baseball player whose inspiring fight with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped popularize the ALS ice bucket challenge, are being auctioned. Proceeds from the online auction that runs through Tuesday will benefit the Peter Frates Family Foundation, which assists ALS patients and their families with the cost...

Alexandra Cavaliere and Joseph Gasser got married in a micro-wedding in 2020.

Legendary Bears defensive tackle Steve Mongo McMichael has been diagnosed with 36-month onset ALS.

Major League Baseball will hold its first Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, adding Gehrig to Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente on the short list of players honored throughout the big leagues.

A life and death debate over rights and ethics took over the virtual Capitol on Friday. Lawmakers heard public testimony on the aid-in-dying bill being considered for at least the eighth legislative session. “Today is the day, it’s been exactly 28 months since she’s passed and I still count every minute that we’ve been apart,” Gregory Shimer of West Hartford...

An experimental medication may slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, researchers reported Wednesday.

An activist who is unable to speak because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis made his voice heard with a powerful speech about America’s “fundamentally broken” health care system at Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention. Ady Barkan, 36, used a computerized voice to advocate for universal health care to fix a current system he called “dehumanizing.” “We live in the richest country in...

Hundreds of people plunged into the chilly ocean at a Massachusetts beach on Saturday to honor Peter Frates, the former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge. About 1,000 people showed up for the final “Plunge for Pete” at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, and more than half of those braved the...

From the North Shore of Massachusetts to the Boston area, mourners on Friday paid their final respects to Pete Frates, the former Boston College baseball standout captain who dedicated his last several years to raising awareness about ALS. At St. John’s Prep in Danvers, where Frates attended school, hundreds of current students at the all-boys Catholic school linked hands...

Pete Frates, the inspiration for the Ice Bucket Challenge to benefit ALS, has died, according to his family.

Pete Frates, the inspiration for the Ice Bucket Challenge to benefit ALS, has died, according to his family. The Beverly native and former Boston College baseball star was diagnosed with the progressive disease, known both as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Lou Gherig’s disease, in 2012, when he was 27. He helped start the Ice Bucket Challenge two years later, and...

A ball signed by Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Connie Mack, Nap Lajoie, Eddie Collins and Pete Alexander on the day they all entered the Baseball Hall of Fame just sold for a record $623,369.

Former 49ers receiver Dwight Clark, known for “The Catch,” died Monday after his battle with ALS. He was 61.

Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS in 1963 at 21 years old and survived for over five decades before dying at the age of 76 on Wednesday. So how was Hawking able to live so long with the crippling and debilitating condition? Experts say his wealth, mental attitude, and level of care played a huge part, NBC News reported. Hawking...

The man who inspired the ice bucket challenge to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig’s disease research will have his own medical bills covered for the near future.