Following a year where ice buckets outshone televised donation campaigns, it appears the telethon’s greatest proponent is seeing that the tides are turning in a new direction. Last week, the Muscular ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association and AFM-Téléthon announce $510,000 research grant awards advancing treatments for mitochondrial myopathies and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). · GlobeNewswire Inc.

For generations, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day Telethon introduced Americans to children and adults living with diseases that can slowly take away muscle strength and mobility. The ...

The first 24-hour Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon aired 60 years ago on Saturday. The staple of Labor Day weekend featured established stars like Dolly Parton and young comics like ...

Organizers of the 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon were well aware of the nation’s financial distress, so they say the total donations for this year’s telethon, while down from a year ago, exceeded ...

What began as a $50 backyard fundraiser inspired by Jerry Lewis has become a half-century tradition raising more than $760,000 for MDA HINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1976, a young ...

"The tremendous success of the telethon, even in a tough economy where some communities are also being challenged by natural disasters, shows that America understands and appreciates the truly rapid ...