8 years after ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, drug it funded gets FDA approval

The ALS Association said that $2.2 million of funds that were raised from 2014’s Ice Bucket Challenge went into funding for a new drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved this week.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong unpacks the legacy of the social media trend with NPR’s Wynne Davis, who has reported on this.

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