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There are 3.5 million Texans who are caregivers for a sick or elderly family member, and many of them feel alone. Solutionaries is showing how many things these caregivers have in common, and revealing the many resources already out there. The caregivers themselves explain what more needs to be done.
A late philanthropist who lost his father to ALS planned an enormous donation that would flow into three crucial programs helping families battling ALS.
The new Juan-dering beer is now available at Alamo Beer Company for a limited time. The beer is a part of ALES for ALS, a fundraising program that raises awareness and money for ALS research.
As California begins to dry out from its recent deluges, one stark reality is coming into focus: Only 230,000 homes and other buildings are insured against flooding in a state with about 39 million residents.
A new treatment for ALS was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration two months ago and is about to become available to patients this month. However, there’s a drawback -- the price tag.
After testing out a new drug for ALS, Juan Reyes set out on a cross country road trip so that he and his high school sweetheart could check off some of their travel bucket list destinations and raise awareness of the disease along the way.
As many as 30,000 people are affected with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and there are at least 5,000 cases each year. The people most at risk are military veterans.
