Personal Digest: Sleep’s surprising link to Long COVID risk

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Personal Digest: Sleep’s surprising link to Long COVID risk
Digest Newsletter · Aug 23, 2026
Personal Digest: Sleep’s surprising link to Long COVID risk

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nearly triple the risk — New research ties chronic insomnia and night-shift work to nearly triple the risk of developing long COVID, adding sleep and circadian health to prevention strategies.

Psychology

Psychology

From pop-psych pitfalls to handwriting’s brain perks

Pop psychology (thedailystar.net) · Habits (eatingwell.com) · Child Development (timesfreepress.com)

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

Screens and stress: EQ under assault at work and play

Work-related Stress (ca.style.yahoo.com) · Child Development (yourtango.com)

Education

Education

Education bets on creativity and money skills in an AI world

Curriculum (forklog.com) · Personal Finance (michigandaily.com) · Artificial Intelligence (news.cgtn.com)

Trauma

Trauma

From domestic violence to K9 comfort: community care for survivors

Domestic Violence (fox2detroit.com) · Dogs (ems1.com)

Chronic illness

Chronic illness

Long COVID and cancer concerns push families toward prep and funding

Insomnia (pharmacytimes.com) · Long Covid-19 (financialcontent.com) · Cancer (yahoo.com)

Trauma-informed care

Trauma-informed care

Pregnancy and substance use: care that holds, not punishes

Substance-use Disorder (sa.gov)

Social emotional learning

Social emotional learning

Schools rethink SEL: skip platitudes, build real connections

Mental Health (edweek.org) · Friendship (psychologytoday.com)

Emotional pain

Emotional pain

When bodies keep score: athletes and chronic pain tell the same story

Nick Chubb (wfmd.com) · Chronic Pain (firstpost.com)

Parenting

Parenting

Parents rewiring childhood: screens, sleep, and tough conversations

Artificial Intelligence (modernghana.com) · Smartphones (businessinsider.com) · Celebrities (buzzfeed.com)

Mental Health

Mental Health

Mental health shocks: from AI triage worries to parental biology

Weight Loss (google.com) · Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (psypost.org) · Autism (scrippsnews.com)

Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Big moves in brain science: drugs, trials, and speech recovery

Dopamine agonist (simplywall.st) · Clinical Trials (stockstotrade.com) · Deep Brain Stimulation (eurekalert.org)