“This is fairly untypical,” says Lucie Bruijn, the ALS Association’s chief scientist, adding that she is not aware of anyone who has survived ALS longer than Hawking did. Hawking was also able to ...

Eric Dane’s recent death has renewed global attention on ALS and the many famous figures who have lived with the disease. From Stephen Hawking’s decades-long survival to modern advocates, their ...

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s best-known scientists, has died at the age of 76. His book “A Brief History of Time” captured the public imagination, selling millions of ...