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Gilberto Manzano

CTE in the NFL: What We Know After the Latest Health Study Revealed Alarming Evidence

There’s more alarming evidence that suggests it’s common for professional football players to suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, a degenerative brain disease.

At least one in four NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, according to a new study from researchers at Mass General Brigham. The findings were published on Tuesday in the British Medical Journal.

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