We can start by expanding access to care, but we also need to look beyond medicine and address harmful behaviors and poverty.

As a pediatrician in Albany for the past 20 years, I have seen firsthand the damage poverty does to children’s health. Poverty is not just an economic issue; it is a public health emergency.

The methodology used by the Census Bureau to calculate the Supplemental Poverty Measure should be updated to reflect households’ basic needs and resources to meet those needs more accurately. A new ...

For millions of Americans living below the poverty line, health care is not merely expensive — it is a luxury.

More than 1 in 10 U.S. counties have experienced persistent poverty over the last 30 years, a new government report shows.

TORONTO, October 17, 2024--Health-care workers at SickKids Hospital in Toronto are outraged by their employer’s recent announcement that it will continue its "pension holiday" rather than ...

The assessment notes that addressing the systemic and structural roles racism and poverty play in health care disparities will take coordinated efforts from multiple segments of Nevada’s ...

A new report says poverty and access to health care are factors in four areas of priority that affect Pima County’s well-being.

A San Antonio panel discussed the results of a new survey on the well-being of Texas children Thursday and proposed solutions to the state’s ongoing challenges.