prosthetics

Ruth Shackelford, 17, left, a senior at Grand Center Arts Academy, and Tyesha Griffiths, 18, a senior at Confluence Preparatory Academy, prepare to lift a can using a cardboard prosthetic hand they built with help from volunteer Sham Qattan during an after-school workshop at Lifewise STL on April 22. The workshops, organized by Noorishment St. Louis, aim to introduce high school students to hands-on STEM learning.

Brains, bridges and blood: With workshops, local volunteers say STEM is for everyone

Sarah Fentem

Noorishment STL's STEM workshops offer hands-on training to high school students. The group's founders want to ensure teens that careers in medicine and engineering are possible.

HINES, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 10: Prosthetist Erik Lindholm adjusts a prosthetic leg for Karl Sowa, a 75-year-old U.S. Army veteran, at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on November 10, 2021 in Hines, Illinois. Sowa, who lost his leg due to an infection in 2018, was being fitted for a prosthetic leg with a power knee manufactured by Ossur, an Iceland-based manufacturer. Still in beta testing, the leg features the world's first motor-powered microprocessor prosthetic knee that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to learn human movement patterns and assist with those movements. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

KBIA News

Prosthetic device coverage could expand through proposed bill

Maggie LeBeau

Currently Mo HealthNet, Missouri’sMedicaid program, only covers one prosthetic device for daily use.

Agriculture

Amputee Farmers Struggle With Available Prosthetics

Kristofor Husted

When it comes to hazardous work industries, farming is in the top three with transportation and warehousing, and mining. And many times after an accident,…