Poverty/Wealth

The pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing educational disparities. 'Education: COVID-19 and social inequalities' will be the theme of the next FAPESP COVID-19 Webinar on March 3rd, 2021 Entitled "Education: COVID-19 and social…

HOUSTON - (Feb. 25, 2021) - Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock…

Trophic levels are an 'insufficient' measure of sustainability for today's aquaculture policy Born in food web ecology, the concept of trophic levels -- the hierarchy of who eats who in the natural world -- is an elegant way to understand…

America's stark racial disparities in health care have been exposed by COVID-19, but a new study from Michigan State University suggests that Black individuals are more likely than conservative White people to adhere to public health…

New Orleans, LA - An LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health study reports a positive association between social vulnerability and COVID-19 incidence at the census tract level and recommends that more resources be allocated to…

People who are racial, sexual, and gender minorities continue to be affected by HIV at significantly higher rates than white people, a disparity also reflected in the COVID-19 pandemic People who are racial, sexual, and gender minorities…

Statistical analysis of 30-premodern societies links economic systems and democracy--and yields insights for todayCredit: 余壬、吳鉞描繪，徐顯卿題詠, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The media has been rife with stories about democracy in…

Research finds economic performance directly related to number of cases Richer countries were more likely to see rates of COVID-19 fall faster during the first wave of the pandemic, according to new research published in the journal…

Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks.Credit: Nature Communications (18 Feb 2021); the authors of the paper Communities worldwide are trying to address…

People with asthma in the most deprived areas are 50% more likely to be admitted to hospital and to die from asthma compared with those in the least deprived areas, a new five-year study of over 100,000 people in Wales has revealed.…

Study Also Unveils Trends in Philanthropy by Individuals and Households That Can Help Shape Crisis Management ProtocolsCredit: Hebrew University The human condition is riddled with extreme events, which bring chaos into our lives.…

Acne treatment requires multidisciplinary approach, researchers say A more aggressive approach to treating acne that marries the disciplines of psychology and dermatology is needed, according to two UC Riverside psychology researchers.…

If you're poor and terminally ill in southern Mexico, there's far less chance you'll get the painkillers you need for palliative care than your cousins in more prosperous regions, particularly those pharmacy-rich areas along Mexico-U.S.…

At a glance: New study suggests monetary reparations for Black descendants of people enslaved in the United States could have cut SARS-CoV-2 transmission and COVID-19 rates both among Black individuals and the population at large.…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One thing that decades of social science research has made abundantly clear? Americans in urban areas live in neighborhoods deeply segregated by race -- and they always have. Less clear, however, is whether…

Credit: © Olivier Telle/CSH/CNRS What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This is what researchers from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and the Indian Council of Medical Research (1)…

A substantial proportion of adolescent mental health and behavioural difficulties can be predicted years before they arise, a new study indicates. A substantial proportion of adolescent mental health and behavioural difficulties can be…

The needs of millions of overlooked, 'left behind' adolescent women must become a more significant priority within international efforts to end poverty by 2030, a UK Government-commissioned report is urging. The University of Cambridge…

Credit: See the paper Space cooling already accounts for 14% of residential electricity demand in Brazil, and it is expected to increase further because of climate change. Very few studies investigate the relationship between…

Three-year project will develop methods and tools for addressing public sector policy impacts. A team of researchers at New York University will develop new methods and tools aimed at minimizing systemic biases and producing more equitable…