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Eye-tracking technology trialled in bid to diagnose concussion
The latest eye-tracking technology using virtual reality (VR) for the detection and treatment of concussion made its debut in Super Rugby Trans-Tasman 2021 last weekend. Recent studies have suggested that oculomotor function – eye movement – alters at the time of a concussion or shortly afterwards. World Rugby, New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia have …
‘Iron lung’ backed by Stephen Hawking’s family to be trialled on Covid-19 patients
A ‘cutting-edge’ ventilator, backed by the family of Stephen Hawking, is due to be trialled in the fight against coronavirus. The new model, named Exovent, is a reinvention of the ‘iron lung’, a Negative Pressure Ventilator which saved the lives of thousands of polio victims in the 20th century. While traditional ventilators require patients to be sedated …
Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A man is given the Ebola vaccine in DR Congo A second Ebola vaccine is to be offered to around 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a major clinical trial. The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine will be used alongside a vaccine made by Merck, …
