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Nursing homes are suing the friends and family of residents to collect debts

Lucille Brooks was stunned when she picked up the phone before Christmas two years ago and learned a nursing home was suing her.

28 Jul 2022

'Western style' diet high in fat and sugar can negatively affect breast milk and baby's health

A diet high in sugar and fat such as burgers, fries and fizzy drinks can negatively affect a new mother's breast milk and baby's health even before the child is conceived.

27 Jul 2022

Religious leaders can be effective change agents for reducing intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence - or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship - is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian country in East Africa, 56% of women who've been married report being sexually violated by a current partner.

25 Jul 2022

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to have elevated insulin resistance at ages 25-29, researchers found.

25 Jul 2022

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

Exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries – threatening to reverse decades of progress, Cornell research finds.

25 Jul 2022

Girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap

Young women and girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap, according to new research from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Birmingham and Brunel.

21 Jul 2022

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

After decades of study, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a major review of prior research led by UCL scientists.

20 Jul 2022

No-bid Medicaid contract for Kaiser Permanente is now California law, but key details are missing

California lawmakers have approved a controversial no-bid statewide Medi-Cal contract for HMO giant Kaiser Permanente over the objection of county governments and competing health plans.

19 Jul 2022

Hurricane Harvey exacerbated Houston residents' exposure to hazardous chemicals

Researchers at Oregon State University used silicone wristbands to measure Houston residents' increased exposure to hazardous chemicals in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

18 Jul 2022

New 'livestock-inclusive' One Health agenda could help protect the world against pandemic diseases

A new One Health playbook offers governments around the world 18 practical ways to improve livestock systems in developing countries that will unlock benefits for global health and development.

18 Jul 2022

New study calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply

Increased demand for water will be the No. 1 threat to food security in the next 20 years, followed closely by heat waves, droughts, income inequality and political instability, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led study which calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply.

15 Jul 2022

Self-pay cash prices for ER facility fees vary with hospital and regional characteristics, study shows

A new study by researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC of over 1,600 hospitals across the U.S. shows self-pay cash prices for emergency room (ER) facility fees vary with hospital and regional characteristics.

15 Jul 2022

Study finds link between congenital syphilis and socioeconomic factors in small/medium California counties

Congenital syphilis (CS) is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that passes from a mother to her child during pregnancy or childbirth. In up to 40% of cases, it may lead to the death of the developing baby in utero or in infancy.

12 Jul 2022

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

9 Jul 2022

The push for abortion lawmaking after ‘Dobbs’ is unique, legal and political experts say

The end of nationwide abortion protections has been met with a wave of calls from lawmakers and governors in at least a dozen states for special legislative sessions that would reshape the state-by-state patchwork of laws that now govern abortion in the U.S.

8 Jul 2022

Scientists appeal for global population control

Scientists discuss approaches for the stabilization and gradual reduction of the human population.

7 Jul 2022

New policy brief evaluates Washtenaw County’s American Rescue Plan Act allocations

A new policy brief from the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative offers recommendations for ways to target funding to key programs and priorities, focus on program implementation, and consider long-term impacts as Washtenaw County leaders decide how to allocate the rest of its American Rescue Plan Act money.

5 Jul 2022

Intensive nurse home visiting program did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers, finds study

A paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a prenatal and early child home visiting program, did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers in South Carolina.

5 Jul 2022

Brigham receives $16 million Helmsley Charitable Trust grant to improve healthcare delivery for NCDs

Brigham and Women's Hospital announces a $16 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support the implementation and evaluation of an integrated service delivery model (PEN-Plus) for severe chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and sickle cell disease in eight low- and lower-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

1 Jul 2022

LA’s first heat officer says helping vulnerable communities is key to achieving climate goals

As a child growing up in San Jose, California, Marta Segura heard horrific stories from her parents about women fainting on the factory lines and men overheating in the farm fields.

1 Jul 2022

Poverty News and Research

Nursing homes are suing the friends and family of residents to collect debts

'Western style' diet high in fat and sugar can negatively affect breast milk and baby's health

Religious leaders can be effective change agents for reducing intimate partner violence

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

Girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

No-bid Medicaid contract for Kaiser Permanente is now California law, but key details are missing

Hurricane Harvey exacerbated Houston residents' exposure to hazardous chemicals

New 'livestock-inclusive' One Health agenda could help protect the world against pandemic diseases

New study calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply

Self-pay cash prices for ER facility fees vary with hospital and regional characteristics, study shows

Study finds link between congenital syphilis and socioeconomic factors in small/medium California counties

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

The push for abortion lawmaking after ‘Dobbs’ is unique, legal and political experts say

Scientists appeal for global population control

New policy brief evaluates Washtenaw County’s American Rescue Plan Act allocations

Intensive nurse home visiting program did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers, finds study

Brigham receives $16 million Helmsley Charitable Trust grant to improve healthcare delivery for NCDs

LA’s first heat officer says helping vulnerable communities is key to achieving climate goals

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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