Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?

Large groups of people often lose sleep because of big events like a record 18-inning World Series game or a contested election night, or sudden crises like a flood, pandemic or war.

In a new paper published in Clocks & Sleep, Harvard sleep researchers argue that while the mental and physical health effects of diminished sleep on individuals are well studied, what is far less understood is what happens when communities lose sleep or have it disrupted because of a major occurrence. ...