Killings of unarmed Black people and racial disparities in sleep health

Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to new findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine. The issue, researchers say, may compound the risk factors that poor sleep already poses for many chronic and mental health conditions, from depression to post traumatic stress disorder.

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Researchers conducted two separate . . .