Commentary: Poor nutrition, environmental pollution and inadequate medical care lead to chronic health problems, ...

The study, published in the journal BMJ Global Health in January, assessed cholera elimination attempts in the World Health ...

Our faculty are international leaders in research, clinical care, public policy and education related to neglected poverty diseases. As Dean, Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., explains in this video, our ...

Political determination accompanied by comprehensive scientific plans, a holistic approach, and numerous strategies can help ...

An estimated 13.5% of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2023. Limited income, unemployment, transportation ...

On our part, we identified the triple evils — ignorance, disease and poverty — as our enemies. We mistook the symptoms for the illness. As the diagnosis was wrong, the prescription was not ...

Pneumonia discriminates. Pneumonia is a disease of poverty. 99% of child deaths from pneumonia occur in developing countries. Within these high burden countries, it is the poorest and most ...

More information: Chelsie Cintron et al, Enriching tuberculosis research by measuring poverty better: a perspective, BMC Global and Public Health (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s44263-025-00127-z Provided ...

The percentage of poor white residents living in concentrated poverty decreased from 2.6 to 1.3. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Healthy People 2030 Report states residents ...