Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | The Boston University CTE Center announced today that they have now diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) out of 376 former players studied (91.7 percent). Read more.
TSN | Marek Svatos, who played parts of eight NHL seasons and skated for Slovakia in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, had the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2016. Read more.
PBS NewsHour | The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to update the league’s concussion protocol following an investigation into its procedures after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was injured on the field. Dr. Bennet Omalu, the doctor credited with discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Dr. Ann McKee, director of Boston University’s CTE Center, […]
NBC News | Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be sidelined indefinitely, his coach said Friday, after being slammed to the turf and hitting his head, twice in a five-day span. Read more.
People | After his second head injury in just five days, a concussion expert says Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is at too high of a risk for severe brain damage to play the rest of the season. Read more.
United Soccer Coaches Podcast | Listen to Dr. Ann McKee and Matthew Roebuck of the BU CTE Center on the United Soccer Coaches Podcast. Listen now.
Alzheimer’s Research UK | Dr. Ann McKee and Dr. Robert Stern were on an Alzheimer’s Research UK panel. See the full report here.
Ann McKee, MD, Chief of Neuropathology for VA Boston Healthcare System and Director of the BU CTE Center, has been named a 2019 Service to America Medalist and received the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal from the Partnership for Public Service.
Study shows hockey great Stan Mikita suffered from CTE.
The biggest stars in the world are pledging their brains. Young players are leaving the game with their destinies unfulfilled. The stories they tell spark fear and raise questions. And the science hasn’t even begun to provide answers.