A man who was paralyzed from the neck down after a surfing accident seven years ago is now able to stand and walk on his own, thanks in part to a potentially groundbreaking stem cell treatment. Chris Barr was the very first patient in a Mayo Clinic study that collected stem cells from his own […]
A Clay County judge sentenced a 45-year-old man to life in prison for a Northland shooting in 2020 that left the mother of the man’s newborn baby paralyzed, prosecutors said. In January, a jury found Lonnell James, of Kansas City, guilty of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and first-degree burglary charges in the shooting of […]
New advancements in assistive technology have offered many veterans with spinal injuries a new lease on life. Due to innovations in robotics, many men and women who were paralyzed during their service to our country have been able to stand, walk, and move about with mechanical mobility and a regained sense of independence. However, it’s […]
A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner. Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen filed the lawsuit in US District Court […]
“His doctor has been doing spine surgeries for 20 years, and he told us that this is the worst case he has ever seen,” the athlete’s stepmom tells PEOPLE Courtesy of Blake Mendenhall Blake Mendenhall It was the call every parent dreads. Sharelle Mendenhall’s 15-year-old stepson Blake had been in a snowboarding accident, and no […]
A woman in Texas is working to get her son back from Child Protective Services after officers reportedly took him without a court order. Joslyn Sanders told Fox 4 News that her 2-year-old son, Josiah, was taken into the custody of CPS last December right after she took him to the hospital. Sanders said she […]
Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. Her healthy, able-bodied husband became paralyzed from the chest down due to a rare condition he developed while on their journey to the United States last summer. Now, the 22-year-old mother from Venezuela tends to his every […]
Feb. 11—”Worst Blizzard on Record” was the headline of the Wilkes-Barre Record on Feb. 14, 1899. The entire Wyoming Valley, including the mountainous territories of Bear Creek, Mountain Top and Back Mountain, were completely shut down. Street cars and railroad traffic came to a halt as did coal collieries. “After a day of heroic battle, […]
Waters off North Carolina’s Outer Banks are notoriously deadly, and a tragic example came to light when 73 sea turtles died in one day at Cape Lookout. It happened Sunday, Jan. 21, when the N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology collected 109 paralyzed sea turtles off National Park Service beaches. “Unfortunately, only […]
A 20-year-old college student from Horseshoe Bend who was an avid skier and thrill-seeker wanted to be part of the annual Idaho Potato Drop. Instead, Alex Church broke his neck competing to be in the midnight ski jump on New Year’s Eve, and he likely will never walk again. Church, home for winter break, arrived […]
A 3-year-old California girl is now paralyzed after her family says she choked on a gummy candy that got stuck in her airway, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl’s parents. Amelie Paredes was described as a vibrant and thriving child, until she ate a Candy Land Gummy Dot on Dec. 13, 2022, according […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin.Contributor/Getty Images Russia’s economy is paralyzed, and its war machine survives by cannibalizing state-owned firms. That’s according to Yale professors pushing back on commentary that Vladimir Putin is one 2023’s big winners. “We cannot fall into the trap of thinking that all is good for Putin, and we cannot jettison effective measures […]