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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched an Ebola donation campaign on the website and tossed in $25 million of his money to help fight the virus.

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Health & Safety

Facebook Friends Ebola Relief; Google Searches For Donations

2:46pm November 12, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Those who use two of the world's most popular websites can easily donate to charities working to stem Ebola's spread in West Africa. The money will help, but aid groups say awareness is important too.

Tom Murphy, 56, in his home in Gainesville, Va., was diagnosed with ALS four years ago. An experimental drug seems to have slowed the progression of his disease, he says, though most ALS patients aren't as lucky.

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Science
Health & Safety

Patients Vulnerable When Cash-Strapped Scientists Cut Corners

9:09am September 16, 2014

by Richard Harris

A shrinking pool of grant money for medical research has led competing applicants to oversell weak scientific findings, critics say. The result: Many experimental treatments are worthless.

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Bill Gates, Martha Stewart, LeBron James, Lindsay Lohan, Kermit the Frog and Conan O'Brien all got icily drenched for charity.

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Health & Safety

Life After Ice Buckets: ALS Group Faces $94 Million Challenge

7:29pm August 27, 2014

by Pam Fessler

The ALS Association has raised more than $94 million in recent weeks via its online ice bucket challenge — compared with $2.7 million this time last year. Now what?

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