ABCNEWS - WATCH: Family of boy with rare disorder raises $500K for new playground
ABC News' Danny New talks to the family of Bedford Erickson, a 3-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder, who are raising funds to build an inclusive playground.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Girl with rare disease spreads joy
ABC News' Danny New talks to Hannah Strickland, a 9-year-old girl who is spreading joy with her larger-than-life personality while living with a rare metabolic disease called cystinosis.
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NYTIMES (Rebecca Archer) - My Child Died of Measles
If more people had gotten the vaccine, she might still be here.
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NYTIMES (Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead) - Overlooked No More: Eleanor Abbott, the Creator of Candy Land
She invented the game nearly 80 years ago to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.
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