News & Publications
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a virtual meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee on March 22, 2023, to review data supporting tofersen’s New…
When we both retired from long careers, my wife and I decided we had enough of New Jersey winters, so we purchased a second home in Florida. We have been…
The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter is proud to announce that it has been awarded $30,000 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center…
It is a very tricky business being a caregiver to an ALS patient; you must manage your time wisely, keep an eye and mind on signs/symptoms, be forward-thinking, yet still…
NPR – The beloved singer Roberta Flack has announced through a spokesperson that she is battling ALS. The brain disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s…
On Veterans Day we celebrated the service of our nation’s heroes and military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. In order to improve the lives of Veterans…
February 13, 2020, is the date our world turned upside down. After months of visits to doctors and specialists, MRIs and other tests, and a neurologist who said it was…
On September 29th, the FDA approved AMX0035 (now known as Relyvrio) to treat people living with ALS. Relyvrio, while not a cure, is a victory for the entire ALS community…
ALS United Greater New York launched a new program called Talk. Learn. Connect. in July. This program offers a variety of speakers to increase one’s knowledge about community resources and effective strategies…
This May, as we recognize ALS Awareness Month, let us honor those who give us hope. Our loved ones, caregivers, friends, neighbors, family, nurses, social workers, or doctors. The people…
Publications
- Summer 2025 Newsletter
- Advocacy Newsletter July 2025
- Protect Medicaid Letter
- Spring Newsletter 2025
- FY 2026 Federal Funding Requests
- Cuts to NIH Letter
- 2024 Year in Review
- Fall 2024 Newsletter
- Summer 2024 Newsletter
- Medical Aid in Dying Memo of Support
- Spring 2024 Newsletter
- 2023 Year in Review
- Fall 2023 Newsletter
- Summer 2023 Newsletter
- Spring 2023 Newsletter
- 2022 Year In Review
- Fall 2022 Newsletter
- 2021 Year In Review
- Fall 2021 Newsletter
- Summer 2021 Newsletter
- Winter 2021 Newsletter
- Fall 2020 Newsletter
- Summer 2020 Newsletter