Chinese researchers 【小题1】(develop) a robot designed to help doctors treat the new coronavirus (冠状病毒) and other highly contagious diseases so far. The machine has along robotic arm attached to a base with wheels. It can perform some of the same medical examination tasks 【小题2】doctors. For example, the device can perform ultrasound, collect fluid samples from a person’s mouth and listen to sounds made by a patient’s organs.

Cameras record the robot’s activities, which 【小题3】(control) remotely so doctors can avoid 【小题4】(come) in close contact with infected patents. Doctors and other medical workers can operate the machine from a nearby room or much 【小题5】(far) away.

The robot’s main 【小题6】(design) is Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at China’s Tsinghua University in Beijing. He told Reuters New’s Agency that he got 【小题7】idea for the device around the tie of the Lunar New Year in January. At the time, the number of cases of the COVID-19 was rising quickly in the city of Wuhan. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Zheng said a friend of his, the head of Beijing Tsinghua Chang gung Hospital told him that one of the biggest 【小题8】(problem) in dealing with COVID-19 was 【小题9】healthcare workers treating patients were getting infected themselves. Zheng said he wanted to do something to deal with this situation.

So the engineer gathered a team and went to work on the robotic device. Zheng said the team was able to convert two robotic arms. The new robot is almost 【小题10】(complete) automated. It can even disinfect itself after performing actions involving contact with patients.

There is strong evidence 【小题1】 vaccination (接种疫苗) is the best defence against deadly and weakening infections, such as measles.

Vaccines protect billions of people around the world. They have completely got rid of one disease-smallpox and are bringing the world close to removing others, such as polio. 【小题2】 some other diseases, such as measles, are making a resurgence (死灰复燃) and experts say people’s avoiding vaccines, fueled by fear and misinformation, is one of the main 【小题3】(cause). Vaccine hesitancy(犹豫), or mistrust of vaccines, has the potential, at least, in some places, 【小题4】(block) the very real progress the world 【小题5】(make) in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases. What makes people skeptical? There are likely to be many factors involved. Some of it may be complacency(侥幸) 【小题6】 a disease has become less common, then the need to get immunized (免疫) may feel less pressing when 【小题7】(weigh) the benefits against any possible risk. Besides, the Internet means beliefs and concerns about vaccines can be shared in an instant, spreading information that experts say isn’t 【小题8】(necessary) based on fact.

One of the most important ways to remove doubt about vaccines is 【小题9】(have) health workers really well trained and able to recommend vaccinations based on 【小题10】(science) truth.

Robots are highly beneficial to healthcare. Statistics show that around 16 million patients in China are 【小题1】 need of orthopedic (矫形外科的) surgery. Surgical robots help surgeons figure out the problem, 【小题2】 carry the risk of exposing both surgeons and patients to radiation damage. The all-in-one orthopedic robot (AIOOR) solves this problem. Developed by orthopedic 【小题3】 (special) Zhang Yuanzhi and his team, AIOOR is the first of its kind in China. Its cutting-edge imaging system and software 【小题4】 (short) the time needed for complex operations, such as those for spinal injuries, and also makes such surgeries much 【小题5】 (safe).

Advanced robotics, moreover, considerably eases patients’ discomfort created by the traditional gastroscopy (胃镜), 【小题6】 requires that the physician put a tube down the patient’s mouth to the stomach. The discomfort is unbearable to many patients, 【小题7】 (make) some avoid checkups and consequently miss the best time for treatment. The NaviCam, a system developed by ANKON Medical Technologies in Shanghai, enables 【小题8】 (entire) painless stomach visualization instead. Patients only need to “eat” 【小题9】 capsule-sized robot, and the examination is completed within 15 minutes. After the procedure, the robot is removed from patients’ body. So far, these robots 【小题10】 (employ) in about 1,000 medical centers across China.