Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of ...

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

A University of Adelaide study has found that the negative effects of energy poverty on mental health are not only related to income stress and therefore differ depending on how energy poverty is ...

In the US, approximately 37.9 million people, or 11.4% of the population, lived below the poverty line in 2022. It has been well demonstrated that poverty negatively affects physical and mental health ...

Coordinated action and binding targets are required The UK government published its long awaited child poverty strategy at the end of 2025. It lands amid the highest levels of child poverty in the UK ...

As children started school this month, many could look back on carefree summer days. Some New York children enjoyed sleepaway camp, or a beach vacation, or playing in the pool this summer. Yet others ...

Renewed efforts to reduce child poverty in England between now and 2033, such as removing the 2-child limit on child benefit, would significantly boost several aspects of child health and narrow ...

Nearly two million New Yorkers lived in poverty in 2022, up 500,000 people from the previous year, according to a report released Wednesday. The city’s poverty rate increased from 18% in 2021 to 23% ...

Early in my career, I spent a year working in two refugee camps in southern Mexico, home to indigenous Guatemalans who had escaped the genocide taking place in their homeland a short walk across the ...

Poverty's effect on the health of Erie County residents can be found on two maps posted on the recently published 2025 Erie County Community Needs Health Assessment. One map shows, by ZIP code, the ...