New York City officials have a mystery on their hands after a possible human limb was discovered floating off Staten Island on Sunday by a tugboat worker.
The New York City Police Department responded to a 911 call just after 11 a.m. on Sunday for a report of what looked like human remains floating in the water.
The extremity, according to police, was found in Great Kills Harbor on the southeastern side of the borough and appeared to be the
A woman jumped off a pier into shallow water and snapped her leg has revealed that one limb will now permanently be shorter than the other.
Leone Morrison, from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, was enjoying a day out with friends at Cullercoats beach last summer.
After seeing others jumping off the 15ft pier, the 22-year-old decided to give it a go too.
While nervous, the call centre worker had jumped off cliffs and waterfalls before on holiday, so believed she
A flea-borne disease that can lead to limb amputations is rising rapidly in some part of the US, an official study suggests.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that typhus cases caused by fleas have risen by more than tripled in Los Angeles County (LAC), California, since 2010.
CDC doctors said they have not noticed the disease getting more deadly, but it is a possibility and must be monitored. They think the rise has come
A mysterious hand that was created around 3,500 years ago and is believed to be Europe’s oldest prosthetic limb will go on display in the UK for the first time this week.
The artefact, which experts think may also have doubled as a knife, was discovered in western Switzerland in 2017.
It is made from bronze with a gold cuff and dates to between 1,500 and 1,400 BC.
The hand has been on display only once before, making a brief
