Covid’s deadly second wave has sparked off
a ‘fearodemic’. People are afraid of dying, of
losing their loved ones, of being alone, of losing
their jobs anxieties that add a new dimension of mental-health issues to the ongoing crisis - Issue Date: Jun 7, 2021
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A new longitudinal study examined the relation between sleep, classroom behavior, and academic achievement scores among primarily Black children growing up in historically disinvested neighborhoods. Disinvested refers to neighborhoods in which public and private funding, city services, or other necessary resources have been denied or withheld, and which are often segregated along racial and economic lines as a result. The findings showed that sleep is related to observed classroom behavior and may predict future academic achievement.