Poverty/Wealth

A new study by social inequality experts, led by the University of Nottingham, will examine the effects of COVID-19 on the burden of work for working-class women in the UK. As the effects of the pandemic roll out, the year-long study…

'Red' states have the highest uninsured rate, study finds Cleveland - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University reviewed national data from the U.S. Census bureau and found associations between states' voting patterns in the 2016…

Stoke-on-Trent faces an increased threat of poverty and destitution due to the COVID-19 crisis, a new report reveals. The research has been carried out by Staffordshire University Business School for the Stoke-on-Trent Hardship…

Development and validation of a county-level social determinants of health risk assessment tool for cardiovascular disease The authors of this study developed a single risk score derived from multiple social determinants of health that…

Concurrent failures of federal drinking water standards and Michigan's emergency manager law reinforced and magnified each other, leading to the Flint water crisis, according to a University of Michigan environmental policy expert.…

New research and report show the impact of Michigan's safety-net health coverage, and could inform states that are now considering or preparing for expansion The most vulnerable residents of the nation's 10th most populous state say their…

Postnatal screenings are a vital intervention pointCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A study assessed the interaction of new and old relationship traumas among women three to 18 months after the birth of…

New research found that the likelihood of being diagnosed with advanced cancer decreased among individuals with low income after expansion of Medicaid coverage. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of…

FINDINGS States with the highest level of income inequality had a larger number of COVID-19-related deaths compared with states with lower income inequality. New York state, with the highest income inequality, had a mortality rate of…

Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. - A new study published recently in "BMC Pediatrics" shows a connection between the time of the month when low-income families receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

UC Riverside study exposes disparities in health care access in rural Southern CaliforniaCredit: Center for Healthy Communities, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, Riverside, study that sought to…

Work requirements will disproportionately affect Black working-age adults and harm people with disabilities, new study says WASHINGTON, DC (June 26, 2020) - When work requirements for a federal food safety-net program start again,…

Credit: University of Exeter Workplace gender bias is being kept alive by people who think it's no longer an issue, new research suggests. In the study, managers were given identical descriptions of a worker - the only…

Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the U.S. are caregivers for the more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). For many caregivers in rural…

About three-quarters of U.S. workers, or 108 million people, are in jobs that cannot be done from home during a pandemic, putting these workers at increased risk of exposure to disease. This majority of workers are also at higher risk for…

Credit: UBC Media Relations Smoking, divorce and alcohol abuse have the closest connection to death out of 57 social and behavioural factors analyzed in research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.…

Researchers behind the report - Uncharted Territory: Universal Credit, Couples and Money - say the way Universal Credit is designed and delivered does not fit the way modern couples and families live their lives. Based on interviews…

Tougher childhood marks genes related to chronic inflammation, tobacco smoke, air pollution and lung cancer DURHAM, N.C. - The neighborhood a child grows up in may influence their health for years to come in previously invisible ways. A…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2020--COVID-19 is like a heat-seeking missile that targets the most vulnerable. The bull's-eye is environmental justice communities, which are the poorest, the…

After March, disproportionably more cases occurred in richer counties while poorer areas had higher death rates The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the USA was on January 20, 2020 in Washington State. Since then, there have been over…