Laws to protect athletes’ brains do reduce concussions — eventually

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HARD KNOCKS Girls had almost twice the annual rate of concussions as boys when researchers compared sports — soccer, basketball and baseball/softball — that both played.

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To guard against the dangers of concussions, by 2014, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had enacted laws to protect young athletes.