The strongly negative correlation between poverty and health has long been known. Poverty and social and economic inequality have been clearly demonstrated to be causal factors in poor health.

Gov. Wes Moore's anti-poverty Enough Act initially provides $3M to help Hagerstown's South End. There could be almost $30M ...

Poverty and Mental Health, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter highlights a problem ...

The poorest have also suffered disproportionate losses in health and education with devastating consequences. CHAPTER 1. Global Poverty: The Greatest Setback in Decades 2020 saw the biggest setback to ...

poverty becomes a barrier to access to health care; inconsistent access to health care can discourage mental health treatment, and the cycle continues. In my profession, I am frequently faced with ...

Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by chronic health conditions and maladies — a result of decades of racially ...

I write about health and U.K. health policy. Rising poverty is driving ill health and putting a major toll on England’s public health system, a report has revealed. Health inequalities mean the ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...

The mere threat of losing federal aid has already caused casualties say the mayors of Haverhill and Methuen, the leader of a ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply concerned about the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As the Senate Committee on ...

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional ...