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February 9, 2024

Ex-NFL star Matt Ryan says it 'made the most sense' to move on from football despite teams calling

Former Atlanta Falcons star Matt Ryan told Fox News Digital teams approached him to play for them, but he elected to stay in the studio.

October 12, 2023

Rob Gronkowski discusses new charity venture with longtime girlfriend, how they both have been affected by ALS

Rob Gronkowski and longtime girlfriend Camille Kostek co-founded Voomerang, a platform to make fundraising more engaging, entertaining and meaningful.

October 7, 2023

Former MLB pitcher Jim Poole dead at 57 after battle with ALS

Jim Poole, a former MLB relief pitcher, died Friday at the age of 57 after a bout with ALS, two years after he was diagnosed with the disease.

September 27, 2023

NHL assistant GM suffers ‘catastrophic brain injury’ amid ALS battle, wife reveals

Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow suffered a "catastrophic brain injury" after going into cardiac arrest on Tuesday, his wife said on social media Wednesday.

September 24, 2023

A mother's hope for treating ALS

A treatment under FDA review could change my son's life. He has already received multiple doses, and it helped him regain the ability to breathe, eat and move his hands.

August 9, 2023

Sandra Bullock's partner Bryan Randall mourned by celeb friends as he inspires massive spike in ALS donations

Sandra Bullock's partner Bryan Randall is being remembered by famous friends following his death after his private battle with ALS, but he's also making an impact.

August 5, 2023

Bears great Steve McMichael admitted to ICU with sepsis and pneumonia

Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael was admitted to the ICU Thursday with sepsis and pneumonia, McMichael's wife said in an Instagram post.

June 9, 2023

Zac Brown Band's John Driskell Hopkins fights ALS diagnosis: 'Crying sucks'

Zac Brown Band founding member John Driskell Hopkins raised more than $200,000 for his ALS nonprofit with a concert on Lou Gehrig's Day at the Cincinnati Reds' game

April 25, 2023

FDA approves drug treating rare form of Lou Gehrig's disease

Food and Drug Administration regulators on Tuesday approved the drug tofersen, a first-of-its-kind treatment for a rare, inherited form of ALS.

December 18, 2022

$158,000 price tag for new ALS drug reignites anger at Big Pharma

A new drug that slows the progression of ALS is exorbitantly expensive, one again raising anger at the pharmaceutical industry for locking life-changing drugs behind high costs.