Overview

• In a TikTok video from the Washington meeting, Dane said he wants to witness his daughters’ milestones and pledged to keep fighting, marking his first public appearance since missing the Emmys.
• He is partnering with I AM ALS on Push for Progress, a campaign aiming to raise $1 billion over three years, and he praised Act for ALS for expanding access to trials and care.
• Gayheart told People at Step Up’s Inspiration Awards that daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, are really suffering, and the family is working with professional therapists and taking things day by day.
• Dane revealed his ALS diagnosis in April, and by June he reported total loss of function in his right arm with weakening on his left side.
• ALS has no cure and progressively erodes muscle control, often leading to paralysis and death, according to medical guidance cited in the coverage.