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Congressional report says NFL waged improper campaign to influence government study
Congressional investigators have concluded that top NFL health officials waged an improper, behind-the-scenes campaign to influence a U.S. government research study on football and brain disease.
Congress members ask NFL why it attempted to intervene in research
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NFL health officials confronted NIH about researcher selection
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