{
  "id": 3266017,
  "title": "Nearly 25% of NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, new study shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/nearly-25-of-nfl-players-who-died-from-2016-to-2021-had-cte-new-study",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T12:56:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nearly-25-of-nfl-players-who-died-from-2016-to-2021-had-cte-new-study-shows/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly a quarter of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a new study by Mass General Brigham shows. Dr. Céline Gounder has more.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}