Bill Ritter Reports: Living with Alzheimer's | An introduction and welcome
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Welcome to Bill Ritter Reports: Living with Alzheimer's, a special digital resource from WABC-TV Channel 7 New York.
Bill has made it his mission to report on the disease while living with it. He stepped down from the Channel 7 Eyewitness News anchor desk in June 2026 after his diagnosis with early stage Alzheimer's, and, while fighting the disease, he is reporting on a condition that afflicts countless families.
As Bill takes us on his journey, he will share reporting on Alzheimer's and related conditions. Bill will talk about symptoms, stages, treatments, research and impact on patients and families.
It will also be a deeply personal journey, told in the way only Bill can.
As Bill said when he announced he was stepping away from the anchor desk, he will be covering "the rising tide of Alzheimer's, and other similar diseases, including how it's affecting patients and their families, how the price of treatment and the price of caring for patients is simply unaffordable and how this country might begin to change that."
Alzheimer's resources
You can find more information about the disease online at the Alzheimer's Association website.
Learn more at CaringKind, a group Bill has long supported
Bill's journey featured in People magazine
Bill Ritter's Family Recalls Emotional Moment News Anchor Announced His Alzheimer's Diagnosis Live on Air (PEOPLE)
Bill Ritter Says Caring for His Father with Dementia Changed How He Faces His Own Alzheimer's Diagnosis (PEOPLE)
Inside Bill Ritter's Long Journey to Alzheimer's: How His Wife Knew His Memory Lapses Were More Than Just Aging (PEOPLE)
Links to Bill's Living with Alzheimer's reports
Bill Ritter gives in-depth look into what causes Alzheimer's and what younger people need to know
Could a blood test help predict a person's risk for developing Alzheimer's?
Bill Ritter, NJ Senator Andy Kim have honest conversation about struggles with Alzheimer's
Journalist, author Maria Shriver discusses Alzheimer's advocacy work with anchor Bill Ritter
