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POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER
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| Saturday, 20-Mar-2010 07:58 EDT |
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40 million farmers live below poverty line
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- China has the world's third largest economy but a report says 40 million of its farmers live in poverty, making less than $175 annually.
Lack of education may increase H1N1 risk
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- People without a high school diploma may be more likely to get H1N1 flu and the vaccine might be less effective in them, U.S. researchers suggest.
Ethiopia may not reach anti-poverty goals
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The impact of the worldwide financial crisis could include preventing Ethiopia from reaching its anti-poverty goals by 2015, a U.N. official says.
Stress, poverty linked to harmful fat
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Social stress may cause the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, increasing the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, U.S. researchers say.
Preemies in poverty less ready for school
CHICAGO, July 21 (UPI) -- The most powerful factor determining school-readiness in premature infants was low socioeconomic status, U.S. researchers found.
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