{
  "id": 9311741,
  "title": "Is football too dangerous for kids’ brains? These scientists are racing to find out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/is-football-too-dangerous-for-kids-brains-these-scientists-are-racing",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-football-too-dangerous-for-kids-brains-these-scientists-are-racing-to-find-out/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new study found that one in four professional football players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE—a degenerative brain disease—but what about children who play these sports?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "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."
}