Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias

Associated Press

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families, and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Posted on BrainLine May 17, 2021.

D.C. officer who suffered heart attack on Jan. 6 calls out Trump for downplaying brutal, savage riot

The Washington Post

Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack while fending off rioters on Jan. 6, called out politicians who have downplayed the severity of the insurrection.

Posted on BrainLine May 7, 2021.

Nurse burnout remains a serious problem, putting patients in danger, experts say

NBC News

And in many cases, health care providers are showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. A recent Yale School of Public Health Survey found that a quarter of health care workers are showing signs of PTSD, and 43 percent of those surveyed reported "probable alcohol disorder."

Posted on BrainLine May 7, 2021.

As a military spouse, I suffered secondary traumatic stress, which is real and often debilitating

The Washington Post

When Aaron came home four months after the crash, I didn’t understand that although my husband made it back physically unscathed, he was emotionally scarred and so was I.

Posted on BrainLine May 7, 2021.

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