Topic - Maria Shriver

“Eric wants to give his daughters and family something to be proud of, and this book will not only make them proud,” Shriver said in a statement, “but it will also help people understand what ALS is and isn’t, what happens to someone when they get it, and how we can all be compassionate partners to people suffering with neurological conditions such as this.”

Emotional memoir from Eric Dane, including his life with ALS, to be published in 2026 →

Shriver said she and other advocates of women's health have spent decades asking for equity in research but that the Democratic president and first lady “understand that we cannot answer the question of how to treat women medically if we do not have the answers that only come from research.”

Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women's health →