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Children’s Anxiety When Living In Violent Environments Can Cause Sleep Troubles

Morning Briefing

Many kids who live in fear of violence in their neighborhoods suffer from nightmares and sleep disorders. As a result they are not getting enough sleep, and that’s affecting their behavior and academic performance, experts say. In related news, hospital workers in San Francisco work to keep schoolchildren safe as as the kids walk to after-school activities.

Data Highlight Racial Disparities In NIH Funding

Morning Briefing

In a review of information gained through a Freedom of Information Act request, Marketplace reports on a pattern of lower approval levels for grant applications filed by minority researchers. Also in the news, a look at how different ethnic groups view end-of-life care and the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is poised to recommend approval of the first drugs to aid patients with muscular dystrophy.

Health Law Gives Young Adults Freedom To Make Job Decisions: Study

Morning Briefing

The ability to stay on a parent’s health care plan is giving millennials more career flexibility and time, according to a new study. But it is proving difficult to persuade young Americans to buy their own insurance, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. And in another gauge of public opinion, a new Gallup poll shows growing discontent with Obamacare.