WPXI

Ice Bucket Challenge returns, not for ALS awareness, but for mental health

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge is back, but this time it is not raising awareness for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Instead, it is shining a light on mental ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Ten years since first 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' how ALS research has progressed

PETE FRATES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AT 27 WHEN HE AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS DISCOVERED THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE. PETE KNEW IT WAS THE SOCIAL MEDIA VEHICLE HE’D BEEN LOOKING FOR. I’M GOING TO CHANGE THE ...
fox17online

Co-founder of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dies at 37

Patrick Quinn, a co-founder of the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, died at the age of 37. The ALS Association announced the news on social media Sunday. Quinn was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral ...
Yahoo

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge turns 10: Much achieved, but much work remains

Nancy Frates' son Pete was captain of every team he ever joined. And there were many. So when Pete was diagnosed with ALS at age 27 and vowed to change the trajectory of the fatal disease, she trusted ...
Yahoo

Champaign man, ALS advocate reflects as ice bucket challenge comes back for a new cause

The ice bucket challenge is once again going around the internet, but this time it’s benefiting something other than ALS research. More than 17 million people took part when the trend went viral back ...