The Shadow Over College Athletics

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: The Shadow Over College Athletics
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:13:05
• Published: 2020-08-17 22:17

About a dozen student athletes have experienced heart inflammation after being diagnosed with the disease. The NCAA’s chief medical officer discussed the cases of myocarditis, a heart condition that can cause sudden death in young athletes, at a briefing last week. His remarks came two days after the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced they would postpone fall sports. Angelica LaVito reports that the new complication is casting a shadow over college athletics, and creating questions about what the disease does to young people. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com