Concussions are on the rise among high school athletes, and girls are especially vulnerable to the injury, which can cause serious damage, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Research to be published next month in the Journal of Athletic Training suggests that, unlike other sports-related injuries, concussions are on the rise among high school athletes. Girls appear to be especially vulnerable, logging higher concussion rates than boys in sports played by both sexes.

Researchers at Ohio State and Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, analyzed injuries ...