Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...

California has the highest poverty rate in the US, a Census Bureau report shows. The District of Columbia was the only location with a higher rate of poverty than California. Despite this, ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard ...

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...