(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curisa M. Tucker, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Living in a ...

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in big-city public housing a chance to live in more affluent neighborhoods. A decade ...

African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University, racial and socio-economic gaps in the ...

A new study showed that neighborhood factors such as housing quality, violence, education, access to healthy food and poverty may play a role in maternal and fetal health related to gestational ...

Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes being demolished in 2007. As high-rise public housing was removed, it was promised that displaced residents would eventually be allowed back into their communities in new ...

More than 800 of California's poorest neighborhoods could see new development thanks to tax breaks included in last year's federal tax bill. A little-noted provision of the federal tax overhaul passed ...

Children in poor neighborhoods are up to 20 times more likely to be hospitalized for a gunshot wound Gun injuries among kids are more common in low-opportunity neighborhoods Most of the injuries are ...

Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Previous research connects ...

Fighters from poor neighborhoods might be at increased risk of degenerative brain disease MRI scans of 100 combat sport athletes revealed smaller brain volumes among those born in poverty These ...