Ireland’s welfare payments far from enough to keep people out of poverty
IRELAND’S MINIMUM INCOME benefits aren’t even close to enough to keep people out of poverty, according to new…
Cost of living crisis is ‘busting family budgets and increasing social isolation for children’ – report
(Photo: Getty/iStock) Rising living costs are forcing many UK parents to reduce activities for their children and, in…
Exact amount of money needed to retire comfortably revealed
Aussies now need more money in their superannuation to retire comfortably, as retiree living costs rise at a…
Suicide Decriminalisation: Psychiatrists Demand Action
Seasoned psychiatrists have said decriminalising suicide alone would not be enough to prevent suicidal behaviour among Nigerians. To…
TDRI says 30-year savings system still leaves elderly Thais poor, urges auto-enrolment
Savings incentives reach only a minority Thailand already offers a broad range of retirement savings tools, including provident…
Global child immunization rates stall despite minor pandemic recovery
In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of…
The state pension is a welfare benefit, no matter how hard you worked
In theory, the triple lock on the state pension, which guarantees that pension incomes rise by either 2.5…
Gut-friendly diet linked to lower mortality risk in coronary heart disease
A national analysis suggests that diets that support a healthier gut microbiota may help identify coronary heart disease…
Now worth $200 million, Sarah Jessica Parker says growing up in poverty created her ‘work ethic’
Today, Sarah Jessica Parker has around a $200 million net worth, too many Manolo Blahniks to count, and…
Amazon land use patterns reveal where vector-borne diseases collide
New research links Amazon disease clusters to the region’s agrarian divide, showing how forest-linked livelihoods, mining, poverty, and…
Rice-fish coculturing may reduce schistosomiasis and poverty
The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world, with the vast…
Blue Zones longevity claims may rest on flawed records, essay argues
A provocative essay questions whether celebrated longevity hotspots reveal the secrets to longer life, or expose deeper flaws…