A recent Gallup poll showed that 1 out of every 6 people in America are depressed or seeking treatment for depression. This is the highest figure ever in the United States. Fifty thousand suicides ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

While New Hampshire becomes more diverse, girls of color are more likely to live in poverty and experience poor mental health. While New Hampshire becomes more diverse, girls of color are more likely ...

The United States’ child poverty rate more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, according to data released by the Census Bureau earlier this month. The primary driver of the jump, from 4.6% to 12.4%, a ...

More than half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of mild to severe depression, potentially creating problems in parenting and in child development, according to a ...

16 October 2023 – Every year on 17 October, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, also known as End Poverty Day. This year the day’s theme puts a spotlight on decent ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — Today’s Good Question is: Who sets the federal poverty level? The Department of Health and Human Services sets the federal poverty guidelines each year through the Federal ...

A homeless man in San Francisco, California on May 16, 2023, as homelessness rates rise due to the displacement of communities and citizens residing in low-income regions of the city. Poverty in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from poor families are more likely than their peers to be depressed as teenagers, with effects that can ultimately make it harder to climb out from poverty, a new ...

Creek Street, the historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska did not have the highest outright poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older ...