The University of Maryland indicated Wednesday that it has fulfilled the final recommendation from a panel of medical experts looking to improve the care of the school’s student-athletes after the June 2018 heatstroke death of football player Jordan McNair.

A federal judge has approved an amended settlement in a class-action concussion lawsuit against the NCAA that will establish a 50-year medical-monitoring program for college athletes.

Michigan State University will adhere to a requirement that a chaperone accompany individuals during sensitive medical examinations as part of the resolution of a federal civil-rights investigation stemming from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

New Jersey now leads the nation in safety for high school student-athletes as determined by the adoption of the most health and safety policies, according to the latest analysis by the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut.

ESPN's "Outside the Lines" program has revealed that a former Olympian who subsequently worked as a track trainer at UCLA allegedly abused dozens of boys and men over a period of five decades.

A collaboration between the Tennessee Department of Health and the Program for Injury Prevention in Youth Sports at Vanderbilt University has resulted in the nation's first statewide youth sports safety initiative, according to a report by Fox 17 in Nashville.

New legislation, based on an 18-month study of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, seeks to protect athletes from such abuse in the future.

The Hillsborough County (Fla.) School District has admitted that safety protocols were not followed leading up to the death of incoming Middleton High School freshman football player Hezekiah B. Walters, who died during conditioning drills in June.