Wednesday, July 27, 2016

'Ice Bucket' fundraiser leads to ALS breakthrough


The Ice Bucket Challenge that swept the United States in 2014 has led to an important discovery in research into ALS, Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

The ALS Association announced Wednesday that the social media campaign which saw people drenched in ice water raised 115-million dollars in just two months in the U.S.  

Our North America correspondent Kevin McAleese reports

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