Black Americans are less likely to get quality sleep, and new research suggests police killings of unarmed Black people could be contributing to these racial sleep disparities. Researchers analyzed ...

Black people in the U.S. were far more likely to report harmfully low sleep in the months after a killing compared with white people surveyed during that time. By Emily Baumgaertner Black people in ...

However, outside of this specific stressor, Black people typically get less sleep than white Americans on average, due to the racism baked into American society. A new study published on Feb 5 in JAMA ...

Black adults who are exposed to news of police killings of unarmed Black people are more likely to suffer from poor sleep in the months to come than white adults, according to a study published Monday ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A new study finds Black adults across the United States are losing sleep over police killings of unarmed Black Americans. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, examined ...

Clinical risk factors such as body mass index and hypertension are the strongest contributors to racial disparities in objective sleep health, although significant differences between Black and White ...

When was the last time you had a full eight hours of sleep? If you’re a Black American, chances are, you’ve been missing out on sleep at alarming rates. According to data collected by the Centers for ...

Researchers and policymakers have paid attention in recent years to how everything from housing to racism and pollution influences health, and how such social determinants contribute to health ...

People march in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2021, after police in Louisville, Kentucky, killed Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, the year before. Tawanna Gordon, Taylor's cousin, leads the march. Matthew ...