BOSTON (CBS/AP) – The Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness in the fight against ALS has been a huge success. That's according to the ALS Association's national president, Barbara Newhouse. She told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Friday that
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The ALS Association announced today that it has awarded 21 new research grants totaling nearly $3.5 million to find treatments and a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The grants were
The challenge involves people getting doused with buckets of ice water on video, posting that video to social media, then nominating others to do the same, all in an effort to raise ALS awareness. Those who refuse to take the challenge are asked to
It's not just a way to cool down this summer—the chilly challenge that's sweeping the internet was started to raise awareness for ALS. The #IceBucketChallenge was started by Peter Frates, a former center fielder and captain
I became familiar with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, from writing stories about efforts by the Illinois Math and Science Academy to create awareness and funding after its beloved principal was diagnosed with it in 2010. Dr. Eric McLaren died