Patients living in poor neighborhoods are more likely to have worse post-surgical outcomes even if they’ve got insurance coverage, according to a study published Feb. 7 in JAMA Surgery. Paula K.

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. decreased for the fifth consecutive year. Roughly 37 million people, or 11.4 percent of the total ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prevalence of heart disease risk factors ranged from 1.4% to 17.5% in people living in extreme poverty. The ...

The summer and fall of 2020 through the eyes of five people living in poverty in Chicago. In Chicago, your birthplace often determines your destiny. A child born in one West Side census tract between ...

Your two-part series on the plight of the ski bum inspired this letter (HCN, 10/25/04: As the town hollows out, one Aspen neighborhood thrives) (HCN,.11/8/04: A new breed of ‘ski bums’ is anything but ...

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...

It is no secret that the number of people living in poverty in the United States has consistently reached shocking and deplorable numbers. Food and housing insecurity is an issue that plagues many ...

The American Dream for some isn't the reality that they live in. For some, it's still a dream. Others were woken up from the dream by the harsh circumstances of socioeconomic reality. And for others, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More Staten Islanders are struggling to make ends meet, with recently released census data showing that the number of borough residents living in poverty has jumped nearly 20% ...

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health research site KFF, the highest number in the country. The ...

Children living in substandard housing in England miss 15 more school days and achieve worse test scores in English and math ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. According to data from the U.S. Census ...