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1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds

A new study finds that 1 in 4 NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, the degenerative brain disease. Researchers have long known about the link between repeated head hits and CTE.

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