Poverty

U.S. Experts say it will take longer for Black communities to recover from the pandemic’s public health and economic impact.

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2022-05-24 10:06

Hard hit by COVID-19, Black Americans are recovering slowly

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Two years into the pandemic and multiple variants that have resulted in one million deaths across the U.S., Black Americans are still suffering from COVID-19’s public health and economic consequences. The recovery of most people of color has been sporadic and uneven. From permanently closed businesses to limited access to health care, housing and food insecurity, increases in suicide and violent crime and educational setbacks, experts say it will take years before Black Americans are able to fully recover from the pandemic.

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Coronavirus pandemic pushed 77M into ‘extreme poverty’: UN

Submitted by FNUOvviyaa on Wed, 2022-04-13 13:10

Coronavirus pandemic pushed 77M into ‘extreme poverty’: UN The coronavirus pandemic pushed 77 million people into extreme poverty last year, according to a new report from the United Nations (U.N.) released on Tuesday. The 208-page report from the U.N. Dep… bdress The Hill

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Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln --World Bank and WHO

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2021-12-13 12:31

Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln More than half a billion people globally were pushed or sent further into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets, with the COVID-19 pandemic expected to make things worse, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said on Sunday. Manas Mishra Reuters

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Administration raises food stamp benefits by historic 27%

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2021-08-16 21:03

Historic increase in food stamp benefits is on the way | CNN Politics Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October -- the largest increase in the program's history, the Biden administration announced Monday. Tami Luhby

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ANALYSIS: Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2021-06-24 08:51

Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII The pandemic will undermine Americans’ health for years. Even those not infected by the coronavirus could suffer health problems related to poverty, job loss, eviction — or all of the above.… khnlizszabo Kaiser Health News

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Global Hunger: Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2021-03-25 20:31

Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns The pandemic, climate crisis and conflict combining to drive ‘alarming’ levels of global hunger, says report Karen McVeigh the Guardian

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Nearly 12 million women in poorer countries lost access to contraception in the pandemic

Submitted by mike kraft on Sat, 2021-03-13 13:28

Contraceptive cost of COVID: a million unplanned pregnancies Nearly 12 million women in poorer countries lost access to contraception in the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies, the United Nations said on Thursday. Anastasia Moloney U.S.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly 12 million women in poorer countries lost access to contraception in the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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Poll: large percentage of people inUS still face COVID-19 financial loss

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-03-09 12:00

AP-NORC poll: Many in US still face COVID-19 financial loss CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one... AP NEWS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trying to Vaccinate Homeless Patients Against COVID-19

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2021-02-17 20:33

... People experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable to disease and often live in close quarters. Reaching them for COVID-19 vaccination is crucial, public health officials say, yet also presents some unique challenges. Addresses and phone numbers change constantly. Few of the people affected have reliable Internet access.

Also, the pandemic put a halt to many mobile clinics and other outreach efforts to homeless encampments; in the meantime, patients scattered or avoided the clinic for fear of infection.

"If they're experiencing homelessness, all bets are off," says Kevin Lindamood, CEO of Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore, a community health clinic that treats 10,000 patients a year and recently started patient vaccinations. "It's incredibly hard to reach people even in non-COVID times."

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For Covid-19 Vaccines, Some Are Too Rich — and Too Poor

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2020-12-29 10:57

CAPE TOWN — A few months from now, a factory in South Africa is expected to begin churning out a million doses of Covid-19 vaccine each day in the African country hardest-hit by the pandemic.

But those vials will probably be shipped to a distribution center in Europe and then rushed to Western countries that have pre-ordered them by the hundreds of millions. None have been set aside for South Africa.

The country, which will help manufacture the vaccine and whose citizens have enrolled in clinical trials, does not expect to see the first trickle of doses until around the middle of next year. By then, the United States, Britain and Canada may already have vaccinated more than 100 million people.

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