AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Lebanese block roads to protest currency crisis (2)
Demonstrators block key roads across Lebanon in protest at the country's political paralysis after the Lebanese pound hit record lows on the black market. Lebanon is in the grips of its worst economic crisis in decades, compounded by the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Venezuelan airline workers struggle amid virus restrictions
A flight attendant and a pilot share their struggles as Venezuela's private airlines, which were stopped for nine months amid the Covid-19 confinement imposed by the government, remain paralyzed after routes closed just weeks after...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Student transportation demand government support in Uruguay
School transport owners protest in front of the Uruguayan presidential palace to demand tax exemptions and more government credits for their business, paralysed by the distance classes implemented in the country due to the pandemic...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Choques en protestas tras arresto de líder indígena en Ecuador
El arresto del líder indígena ecuatoriano Leonidas Iza el martes derivó en fuertes choques entre manifestantes y policías durante el segundo día consecutivo de protestas antigubernamentales, que dejan patrulleros incendiados, periodistas...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Violencia de pandillas se apodera de la capital de Haití
Enfrentamientos entre pandillas han paralizado y teñido de sangre un sector de Puerto Príncipe, capital de Haití, cuya población sufre una inflación desatada y una escasez crítica de combustible que complica la crucial ayuda humanitaria...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Huelga paraliza fábricas del sector automotor en Argentina
Un paro de trabajadores en reclamo de mejores salarios paralizó en forma total la producción de neumáticos y la actividad de dos fábricas de automotores esta semana en Argentina (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Spain experiencing deja-vu after uncertain vote
CLEAN : Spain experiencing deja-vu after uncertain vote
National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability
How To: Choose a Wheelchair
If you have a student who must use a wheelchair throughout the school day, you may want to offer this video as a resource for both their enrichment as well as a means of support. Mary Allison Cook, a young 27-year old woman who has used...
Veritasium
Paralysed Rats Made To Walk Again
The cure for paralysis seems to be some electrical stimulation and a little bit of chocolate. A video presentation examines work done in Switzerland that successfully allowed paralyzed rats to walk again. Electrical stimulation allows...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Prialt Blocks Motor Synapse in Fish
Have you ever wondered how to paralyze a fish? The cone snail produces venom that works, but what happens at a molecular level? A calcium channel blocker prevents muscle movement, enabling the slow-moving snail to catch faster, larger...
Favorite Poem Project
Favorite Poem Project: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
In this video episode [9:32] from The Favorite Poem Project, Jessie Alspaugh, a college student who is confined to a wheelchair due to complete paralysis, through her assistive technology, describes her life in an independent setting and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nervous System Health and Disorders
This lesson will introduce several disorders of the nervous system and will investigate their cause and effect on the brain. [6:11]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Rerouting Working Nerves to Restore Hand Function
Surgeons bypass a spinal cord injury to build a new hand-brain connection in paralyzed man.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Paralyzed Rats Walk, Even Sprint After Rehab
Paralyzed rats regain their footing after rehab forges new connections between brain and spinal cord.