US counties: Medical debt and Late-Stage cancer correlation
From unpaid medical bills to delayed screening, researchers examined whether financial hardship at the community level tracks with…
Why is dengue spreading while malaria has declined?
As rising temperatures reshape mosquito-borne disease risks worldwide, researchers reveal why dengue is expanding while malaria has historically…
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…
Second-half Whanganui charge puts away Poverty Bay in Heartland rugby
They have started well but need to switch back on after halftime, execute their second-half plan and see…
More than one in four children in South Auckland growing up in poverty
Twelve per cent of children in those wards are in “severe material hardship”, the most severe form of…
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…
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…
From poverty to prosperity: Why people move toward billionaire-rich nations – Patrick Phelps
Where laws protect property, courts enforce contracts and financial institutions like banks and stock exchanges are stable 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…
Northland charities warn child poverty crisis worsening with cost of living
“Poverty, youth suicide, truancy, rheumatic fever … they are all inter-related,” she said. “Poverty impacts whānau in a…
Decades of economic decline has ‘broken’ Britons, pushing one fifth of people into poverty and towards political Reform
The Union Jack flutters on a telegraph pole. Once a symbol of might and power it is now…