“Grey’s Anatomy” star Eric Dane went to Washington, D.C., earlier this month to lobby members of Congress to support federal funding for research and access to treatment for thousands of people like himself who are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable and progressive and fatal neurodegenerative condition.
One stop for the San Francisco-born actor on Capitol Hill was the office of Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, as Swalwell shared on TikTok this week.
Dane, 52, announced in April that he had been diagnosed with ALS and appeared on ABC’s TV news show “Good Morning America” in June to say that he was “fighting” to stay healthy and active as long as he can. But as the San Mateo High graduate has emerged as a new public face of people living with this dise