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Hello sunshine. Welcome to a CNN 10
field trip coming to you from an Oregon
trail right here in beautiful Bend,
Oregon known for its abundance of
brilliant outdoor activities and a
plethora of panoramic mountain views.
It's actually where Apollo 11 astronauts
came in the 1960s to practice walking in
their space gear on the volcanic
lunarlike rocks. I'm Koi Wire. It's time
now for your 10 minutes of news where I
simply tell you the what, letting you
decide what to
think. Did you know the deepest lake in
the United States is right here in
Oregon? Crater Lake is a blue volcanic
body of water in Crater Lake National
Park that has a maximum depth of 1949
feet. That's about 7 football fields
deep, y'all. It formed more than 7,000
years ago when the volcano that stood
here, Mount Mazama, erupted and
collapsed, leaving behind a large
volcanic crater or caldera, that filled
with snow melt and rainwater. A series
of smaller eruptions over time formed
several volcanic cinder cones on the
lake floor, the largest of which is
Wizard Island within the lake. Crater
Lake is known for its exceptionally
clear blue water and stunning views.
Now to a major medical advancement in
the early detection of Alzheimer's
disease in the US. The Food and Drug
Administration or FDA has approved the
first blood test to help diagnose the
illness for adults 55 and older who are
showing signs and symptoms of
Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease
is a type of dementia, a brain disorder
that causes gradual decline in memory,
thinking, and cognitive abilities. It's
caused by the death of nerve cells in
the brain and deteriorating connections
between them. The disease progresses
gradually and eventually symptoms can
become so severe that people can have
difficulty managing basic tasks. Before
now, physicians have been using several
different tools to determine whether
someone had Alzheimer's or if they had
another type of dementia, which can cost
thousands of dollars without insurance.
Our Jacqueline Howard is here to tell us
how this new blood test works. Hi,
Jacqueline.
Koi, the United States Food and Drug
Administration has just given clearance
to a blood test that helps diagnose
Alzheimer's disease. Now, this test
still has to be paired with other
analyses before someone is diagnosed.
So, it's not a single standalone test,
but here's how it works. It measures two
proteins in blood plasma, PAL 217 and
beta amalloid 142. A ratio of those two
proteins tends to correlate with the
presence or absence of amaloid plaques
in the brain. So this test can signal
whether someone may have amalloid plaque
buildup which we know is a hallmark of
Alzheimer's disease. If someone gets a
positive test result that means they
could benefit from more testing. Now, we
know that there are other blood tests
out there, especially in research, but
this test, it was developed by the
biotech company Fuji Rabio Diagnostics.
And on Friday, the FDA gave it marketing
clearance to aid in the early detection
of Alzheimer's disease in people ages 55
and older here in the United States who
are already showing signs and symptoms.
When it comes to how accurate the test
is, according to the FDA, clinical trial
data found that
91.7% of adults who had positive results
on this blood test, they were confirmed
to have amaloid plaques in their PET
scans or spinal taps. And
97.3% of people with negative results
had negative amaloid PET scans or spinal
taps. So the hope here is that less
invasive blood tests like this one can
help identify Alzheimer's early in more
adults. It's estimated koi that more
than two in five people older than 55 in
the United States. So about
42% will develop dementia in their later
years. Koi
pop quiz hot shot. Which of the
following beach flag warnings indicate
that water is closed to the public?
Green flag, yellow flag, red or double
red
flag. If you said double red flag, ding-
ding, you are correct. It's used during
extreme hazards like a hurricane or very
rough conditions. While green means
safe, yellow means use caution. Red
flags warn of hazards like strong
currents, and swimmers are still
discouraged from entering the water. Our
next story is an important reminder to
always pay attention to beach safety
warnings and learn how to avoid rip
tides. These are powerful currents that
flow away from the shore like rivers.
They can pull even the strongest of
swimmers far away from the beach. If you
ever find yourself stuck in a rip tide,
the key is to remain calm and not try to
swim against the current. Instead, swim
parallel to the shore to escape the
current and then swim back to shore at
an angle. This week in Pensacola,
Florida, a fisherman spotted a swimmer
who was caught in a rip current and what
he did next may have saved her
life. This girl was swimming in the
water. I was getting set up to fish and
it was really it was a red flag. So,
you're not supposed to be in the water
with a red flag. She was way out there.
She was going way out really fast. She
was screaming, "Can anybody swim?" And
there wasn't that many people left on
the beach at that point. And I looked
down and my drone, it's designed to
carry some pretty heavy baits and stuff.
I was like, "Well, if this thing can
carry a shark bait, I don't know why it
couldn't carry a life preserver." So, I
ran up and grabbed one and I took it out
and it missed. It missed really bad. I
That was really off with the first one.
Got that second one out to her, slowly
lowered it so it wouldn't blow away
again. You could tell that she reached
up and grabbed it, so I released it to
her so she wouldn't pull the drone down.
She started floating back in the land
and then the lifeguards and stuff
finally showed up and they said that uh
if I didn't get her that drone, she
wouldn't have made it. Did she get it? I
think she got it.
I think she got it. She got it.
Now to a story regarding the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where a
skateboarding club is keeping spirits
high for a group of girls navigating the
daily struggles of the ongoing conflict
there. Our Muhammad Darwish shows us how
these young skaters surrounded by rubble
are able to find some joy.
Watch. On Gaza's shattered ground, young
girls find a sense of freedom on four
wheels.
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Despite the dangers and Gaza's rising
death toll, with about 53,000 people
killed so far, girls like Remas meet at
the YMCA in Gaza City to skate. They
practice for 5 hours twice a week, even
if it's on an empty stomach.
An Israeli siege of the strip, now in
its third month, means food supplies are
dangerously low and many are at risk of
malnutrition and famine. Israel says the
blockade is a pressure tactic to force
Hamas into releasing the hostages. These
girls, though, they're just here to
skate.
Captain Rajab, as he's known, started
skating back in 2014.
A few years later, he began teaching.
And now, so many kids show up, they have
to take turns using one of the group's
six remaining
skateboards. Raja Brimas and a handful
of other volunteers are passing on the
sport to the next generation, hoping
normaly will one day
return. foreignch.
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We
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go. Fine.
music, laughter, friendship, they're all
part of the club's spirit and their
numbers are growing all the time despite
the risks.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
school using 3D printers to change
lives. Students at Morris Elementary
School in Texas are using 3D printing
for good. Making prosthetic limbs for
people thousands of miles away in
Uganda. Each team of student engineers
works together to build a functioning
prosthetic limb using the precise
measurements of a person in need. So
each of the engineering teams has a
patient who they are working for. So
they've got a case file, got a picture
of the patient that they are serving.
The class hopes to complete 16
prosthetics by the end of the school
year. Time now for the best part of the
show. Today's shout out going to Miss
Vines and all the Dragons at Summit
Middle School in Johnston, Iowa. Rise up
and Miss Jackie at Cleveland High School
in Portland, Oregon. Salute. Thank you
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tomorrow on CNN 10.