Actor, author and advocate Michael J. Fox has been awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor. On Jan. 4, Fox received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his efforts in ...

Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at 29 years old — just one year after the “Back to the Future” trilogy ...

went on to found The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. In November, all four of Fox's kids and Pollan were by his side to raise money for Parkinson's research at the foundation ...

Since its establishment in 2000, the Michael J Fox Foundation has raised more than £1.75 billion for Parkinson's research. Fox was first diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991 at ...

The Michael J. Fox Foundation helped to lay the groundwork for this opportunity, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of grassroots advocates to secure bipartisan support that led to the bill being ...

raising billions of dollars for research to cure the disease through the Michael J. Fox Foundation. And although he retired from acting in 2020 due to symptoms from his disease, the Family Ties ...

Actor Michael J. Fox was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 4 by former president Joe Biden for his work ...

Two years later, he developed the Michael J. Fox Foundation to aid with research. The organization has raised nearly two billion dollars to date in its quest for a cure for the disease — and ...

Much of those efforts have been done through the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Considering the good work he’s done on and off camera, it’s no surprise that Fox received the prestigious medal.

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Fox, the actor, author, advocate and founder of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), was recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian ...