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Health Headlines - 6-4-20

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Health Headlines - 6-4-20
Health Headlines - 6-4-20

In today's health headlines we talk about a study about the drug Hydroxychloroquine may have been flawed and a journal that shared this study is retracting it.

Also, students and teachers raised money to help him get special glasses to allow him to see colors that he could not see before.

A LARGE STUDY ABOUTHYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.

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BEINGRETRACTED BY A MEDICAL JOURNALTONIGHT... OVER POSSIBLE FLAWSIN THE RESEARCH DATA.THE STUDY FOUND THERE WAS NOBENEFIT OF THE DRUG... ANDSUGGESTED IT COULDINCREASE THE RISK OF DEATH.STUDY AUTHORS LAUNCHED ANINDEPENDENT REVIEW TO CONFIRMTHEFINDINGS... BUT SAY... THEHEALTH CARE ANALYTICS COMPANYTHEY WORKED WITH...WOULDN'T RELEASE ALL THE DATA.THE RETRACTION DOESN'T MEAN THEDRUG DOES OR DOES NOT WORK FORCOVID-19 PATIENTS.ANOTHER JOURNAL RETRACTED ASEPARATE STUDY ABOUT THE DRUG..WHICH RELIEDON DATA FROM THE SAME COMPANY.ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROMVIRGINIA... FOUND OUT HE WASCOLORBLIND INKINDERGARTEN.BUT THANKS TO SOME CARINGCLASSMATES... THAT'S NOW A THINGOF THE PAST.KARA DIXON HAS MORE ON THEIRUNFORGETTABLE GIFT.02"WE OVERHEARD HIM SAY HECOULDN'T SEE THE COLORS SO MEAND KENYCE KINDA WANTED TO HELPHIM OUT."AND IT WAS THAT SIMPLE DECISIONTHAT SPURRED VANESSA LILO ANDKENYCE RODRIGUEZ INTO ACTION.18"I KEPT SEEING ADS AND VIDEOS OFPEOPLE GIVING THEIR FRIENDS ORFAMILY ECHROMA GLASSES.

IT KEPTPOPPING UP.

I SAID I SHOULD DOSOMETHING.

DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WASA SIGN."BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE.WHAT BENJAMIN NORMALLY SEES ISON THE RIGHT.THE ECHROMA GLASSES THEY WANTEDTO SURPRISE HIM WITH...ON THELEFT.THE TWO RAISED MONEY TO SURPRISEBENJAMIN WITH THE GLASSES BEFORESCHOOL WAS PHYSICALLYCLOSED.BUT IN APRIL, THEY GAVE HIM THEGLASSES THAT HAVE CHANGED HISLIFE.45"EVERYTHING IS MORE BRIGHTER.THE COLORS POP OUT MORE."BENJAMIN'S NOT A GUY OF MANYWORDS.

BUT HIS MOTHER CAROLINESAYS THESE ECHROMA GLASSESHAVE HELPED.55"WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT CASHAND HE'S LIKE OH ITS GREEN!

HETHOUGHT IT WAS WHITE.

IT'SLITTLE THINGSWE SEE AND DON'T REALIZE ANDTAKE FOR GRANTED."AND IT WILL ALSO HELP HIM DOSOMETHING A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLKIDS LOOK FORWARD TO.1:19"HE CAN DRIVE A CAR NOW.

NEXTYEAR HE GOES TO 10TH GRADE, THEYLEARN DRIVERS ED.

NOW HE CAN SEETHE COLORS ON THE STOP LIGHT.THAT'S EVERYDAY STUFF WE TAKEFOR GRANTED.

NOW HE'LLBE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE."AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OFSTUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERSWANTING TO GIVE BENJAMIN ABRIGHTER FUTURE.1:35"THEY DO A LOT OF COMMUNITYSERVICE WORK BUT FOR A SPECIFICSTUDENT, IT WAS PRETTYCOOL AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIMEITS HAPPENED."THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAY..THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THATSOMEONE WASGOING TO SPOIL THE SUR

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