How Virtual Reality Could Help Stop the Next Ebola Outbreak

Nextgov: The federal government thinks virtual-reality-based training and simulation are the keys to minimizing the next outbreak of a deadly infectious disease.

The Health and Human Services Department is looking for a contractor to provide that immersive training to federal medical personnel; it wants that same vendor to furnish a quarantine facility for patients who were exposed to Ebola, or other "highly pathogenic disease," according to a solicitation posted on FedBizOpps.

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