News Releases from The ALS Association

November 09, 2009
Caregiver’s National Quilt Contest Supports
ALS Association’s Global Research Program 

October 26, 2009
The ALS Association Cares for Those
Who Care the Most in New Campaign

October 12, 2009
New “Antisense” Experimental Therapy
Clinical Trial Announced 

October 8, 2009
Trent Edwards Rallies Around The ALS Association 

May 14, 2009
Baseball Great Curt Schilling and Wife Shonda Enter
The ALS Association’s Hall of Fame, Receive Award 

May 13, 2009
The ALS Association Launches the ‘Covering All the Bases Hitting Challenge’ 

May 5, 2009
The ALS Association Hosts Annual National ALS Advocacy Day
and Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. 

April 16, 2009
The ALS Association’s ‘ALS Across America’
Focuses On Staying Positive and Involved 

March 19, 2009
Jane H. Gilbert Appointed President and
Chief Executive Officer of The ALS Association 

February 26, 2009
New Gene Mutation Discovery by ALS Association Consortium is Major Breakthrough in Lou Gehrig’s
Disease Research 

February 3, 2009
The ALS Association Teams with
Major League Baseball in ‘4♦ALS Awareness’ Initiative 

January 26, 2009
Journalist Jinah Kim of NBC News Honored by National Office of The ALS Association for Reporting on Lou Gehrig’s Disease

December 9, 2008
ALS Association Co-Funds Study Showing Boosting the Body’s Detoxifying System Counteracts Nerve Cell Loss in ALS Mice; New Therapies Suggested 

October 10, 2008
President Signs ALS Registry Act 

September 30, 2008
‘Developing Dollars for a Cure’ Fundraising Campaign 

September 26, 2008
Congress Votes to Create National Registry for Lou Gehrig’s Disease; President Expected to Sign ALS Association Priority Into Law 

September 23, 2008
VA Grants Disability and Health Benefits to Military Veterans with Lou Gehrig’s Disease; The ALS Association Calls New Policy a Historic Victory for Veterans 

September 22, 2008
ALS Association Funded Lead Investigators Demonstrate That Modified Adult Stem Cells Show Promise in a Rat Model of ALS 

September 11, 2008
The ALS Association Celebrates the Life of its ‘Grandfather,’ Lawrence R. Barnett, Former President of MCA and General Artists Corp.; He Turns 95 Years Young this Saturday 

August 28, 2008
The ALS Association to Support Trial of Lithium 

August 11, 2008
U.S. Sailor with Advanced Form of Lou Gehrig's Disease to
Compete in Paralympics Games in Beijing 

April 28, 2008
This Beau Knows No Quit; Former Army Ranger, 31, Will Not Let Lou Gehrig’s Disease Get the Upper Hand as He Fights the Disease Tooth and Nail 

April 16, 2008
Actress Angela Lansbury Dodges the Bullet in
New ‘Cure ALS’ PSA Campaign for The ALS Association 

April 9, 2008
Prominent Chicago Advertising Agency Executive to Receive Prestigious Award from The ALS Association for Orchestrating Re-Branding of the Organization 

April 7, 2008
The ALS Association Introduces ‘ALS Across America’
During National ALS Awareness Month in May 

April 3, 2008
The ALS Association to Present Award to the
‘The Young and the Restless’ for Creating TV PSA Beamed to Nearly One-Half Billion People 

Mar. 12, 2008
NASCAR Team Partners with The ALS Association to Raise Awareness, Funding in Fight Against Lou Gehrig’s Disease 

March 10, 2008
The ALS Association’s 32nd Certified Center is Participating in TREAT ALS Initiative 

February 22, 2008
A New Gene That Causes Some Forms of ALS Discovered 

January 4, 2008
Medical College of Georgia ALS Clinic Certified as Center by The ALS Association