The USS Cairo pulls up to the banks of the Mississippi River in 1862. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command During the ...
Layan Al Nasr, 14, thought she would never walk again after both of her legs were amputated following an Israeli bombing in ...
But even now, amputation rates remain high in Sierra Leone due to motorbike accidents, poor medical care and delayed ...
Lahai Makieu, balancing on a crutch, epitomizes resilience in Sierra Leone ... Sierra Leone's government remains largely absent in providing much-needed resources and reparations to war-affected ...
From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees. Amputation by machete was one terror ...
What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...
An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely ...
South Sudan is grappling with an influx of people living with disabilities as victims of ongoing conflicts in neighboring countries, such as Sudan, come in search of devices like artificial limbs.
Rowan University historian Melissa Klapper finished a book project begun by her late colleague, Dianne Ashton (below, at ...