Nov. 17, 2022 — Race- and ethnicity-based discrepancies in exposure to air pollution, especially regarding proximity to roadways and industrial zones, are well-established. A new study reports the first nationwide ...
Nov. 16, 2022 — In contrast to what many believe, Swedish men and women with higher incomes have more children, new research shows. This pattern is particularly clear for men and grows stronger over time: the more ...
Nov. 15, 2022 — Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a distinct toll on adolescent mental health and contributed to depressive symptoms, according to new research. The study found the effect was most ...
Oct. 12, 2022 — Some assessment tools which measure children's thinking skills may have provided inaccurate information about poor, urban students because they are modelled on wealthier, mostly White, ...
Sep. 15, 2022 — A significant number of people who have survived cancer are living in poverty, which can have negative effects on their physical and mental health, according to ...
Oct. 5, 2021 — Inequalities in income affect how well children do in maths -- but not reading, the most comprehensive study of its kind has ...
Sep. 9, 2021 — In a study of the nine largest U.S. cities, researchers found stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across neighborhoods. The study showed that high ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A new study to investigate the role of neighborhood deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana has found that the more a neighborhood is deprived, the higher the risk for cases of ...
Nov. 12, 2020 — School districts across the U.S. are increasingly using student test scores to rate the effectiveness of teachers, but a new study found that the scores have less to do with individual teachers and ...
Oct. 6, 2020 — Evidence-based programs known to reverse the negative effects of poverty are being widely neglected, according to a new ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — Residents of counties that experience persistent poverty face a disproportionately high risk of cancer ...
