How do you solve a problem like concussions in youth sports?

Researchers are working on some impressive innovations. But cost and awareness are still big issues.

A hard-hitting world.
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In a recent provocative New York Times opinion piece, a doctor urged parents, coaches, and physicians to stop kids from playing football.

"Our children are minors who have not reached the age of consent," wrote Dr. Bennet Omalu, warning of the risk of irreversible brain damage. "It is our moral duty as a society to protect the most vulnerable of us."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.