Building a safer helmet
Dr. Mark Horstemeyer has a small upstairs office at Mississippi State University’s CAVS facility. In it, two things catch a visitor’s attention.
Our View: MSU, Ole Miss leaders in football concussion research
Football, an observer once noted, is not a contact sport; it is a collision sport.
MSU studies how bird beak’s design may lead to better helmets
A woodpecker may not make a good football mascot, but Mississippi State University researchers think this bird’s shock-absorbing beak may help them design a better football helmet.
Study: When helmet laws are weakened, injury costs increase
The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to wear helmets, according to an insurance industry study. Across the nation, motorcyclists opposed to mandatory helmet use have been chipping away at state helmet laws for years while crash deaths have been on the rise.
Public hearing today on helmet rules
The first public hearing on a proposed child safety helmet ordinance is set to take place this evening in City Hall.