Multiple people were injured including at least two teens who suffered partial hand amputations in July 4th fireworks mishaps in South Florida. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said they received ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Cincinnati Zoo employee was hospitalized on Friday morning after an animal bit the staff member’s thumb, zoo officials confirmed. The incident happened in the Jungle Trails ...

A bonobo at the Cincinnati Zoo bit one of their care team member's thumb while they were delivering food and medicine to the troop, causing a "partial amputation," the zoo said in a ...

Where did you intern over the summer and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? I was a Research and Development (R&D) Intern at Point Designs, manufacturing functional, highly durable ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Multiple people are recovering from serious injuries directly caused by fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday weekend directly caused by fireworks. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A student's family at Franklin High School is suing Portland Public Schools (PPS), as well as a school nurse and woodshop teacher, for $4.7 million after an incident which led to a ...

New fMRI evidence shows that the brain’s hand and lip maps remain stable years after amputation, reshaping our understanding of neuroplasticity and guiding future prosthetic and rehabilitation ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21, 2025 – New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Cambridge University upends a long-standing belief about brain plasticity. A study published today in ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...