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  "id": 3324151,
  "title": "At least 1 in 4 ex-NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/at-least-1-in-4-ex-nfl-players-who-died-from-2016-to-2021-had-cte-3324151",
  "topic": "science",
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  "published": "2026-08-25T17:59:44.000Z",
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    "name": "CBS News",
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  "summary": "At least 25% of ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a study released Tuesday showed. Dr. Robert C. Cantu, founding member and medical director for the Concussion and CTE Foundation, joins CBS News to discuss.",
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        "title": "At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds",
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        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds",
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        "title": "At least 1-in-4 ex-NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, study finds",
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        "published": "2026-08-25T12:17:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "One in four NFL players could get CTE, alarming new study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/one-in-four-nfl-players-could-get-cte-alarming-new-study-finds",
        "published": "2026-08-25T15:50:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "What is CTE, and how many former NFL players have been diagnosed with it?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/what-is-cte-and-how-many-former-nfl-players-have-been-diagnosed-with",
        "published": "2026-08-25T16:36:32.000Z"
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  "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."
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