Zach Hudson, who has done stunt work in a number of movies and TV shows including Pirates of the Caribbean and New Girl, is currently battling ALS and in need of donations to help cover treatments and other expenses.

An Army veteran who spent nearly a year in Iraq with the Army's 101st Airborne Division, Dustin Fast is an artificial intelligence software engineer in Huntsville. After receiving an ALS diagnosis, Fast realized firsthand the needs in the ALS community and has enrolled in UAB’s neuroengineering doctoral program. He plans to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning in efforts to build better eye-activation software.

ALS struck the family in 1994, then again in 2009 when Kristene lost her aunt. In 2012, the disease struck her uncle, and in 2014 it struck another aunt.

Patrick Quinn, who helped popularize the viral Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised over $220 million for global research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, died on Sunday, according to the ALS Association. He was 37.

Pat Quinn, one of the co-founders of the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, died Sunday at the age of 37

The inaugural Strike Out ALS softball tournament was held Nov. 7 at the Rehoboth Little League fields. On a sunny November day, the locally organized tournament hosted eight softball teams that played all day to raise money for the Greater Philadelphia ALS Association.

Dozens of friends, family members and supporters of former Auburn Auburn City Councilor Peter Ruzicka drove past his home on Sunday morning to offer encouragement in his fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Well-wishers gathered at Emerson Park and drove past Ruzicka's current home on East Lake Road in Owasco.

Baron Wolman, who captured iconic images of rock and roll as the very first staff photographer for Rolling Stone, has died. He was 83.

His rep, Dianne Duenzl, confirmed to Rolling Stone and NPR in a statement that Wolman died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Monday following a battle with ALS.

Two ALS patients in Australia have been able to control their PCs through direct thought with the implant of a brain-computer interface from Synchron, a biomed startup based in San Francisco.

Living for 27 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease (and beating the odds), he started Ride for Life, an annual trek that has raised millions for ALS research.