Jeriann Ritter has spent more than 20 years as the meteorologist for WHO 13, a local NBC affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa.

Meteorologist Jeriann Ritter, who works for NBC affiliate WHO 13, revealed she's been tentatively diagnosed with bulbar ...

Ritter initially experienced changes in speech and difficulty swallowing to which healthcare professionals confirmed bulbar-onset ALS after she took a trip to the dentist.

Eric Dane's death has drawn attention to how quickly ALS can progress in rare cases. While the disease is typically ...

Longtime Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat says his wife Jeannie Biernat has been his strongest supporter and his occasional interpreter since they learned that he has bulbar-onset ALS, a disease that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might say the first line of Linda Murphy’s obituary sucks readers right in. Murphy, 60, of Framingham, died Sept. 21 after a ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Different types of ALS cause symptoms to begin in a certain part of the body and ...