Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. The disease is a progressive neurological condition that impairs the motor skills.
Karolinska says Fox will receive the doctorate in a ceremony in New York on Friday.
Michael J. Fox named honorary doctor
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
The institute, which awards the annual Nobel Prize in medicine,
says the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has
since 2000 given more than $175 million to research aimed at
developing drugs against the disease.
