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National framework provides roadmap to integrate medically tailored meals into healthcare systems [NEW YORK] — March 17, 2026 — The Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), in partnership with theCenter for […]
Around the world, food systems sit at the center of overlapping crises: accelerating climate change, rising rates of diet-related disease, persistent hunger and malnutrition, and widening inequities in who can […]
By Julie Chapon, Gabriela Mourad Vicenssuto (Yuka) & Emily Broad Leib (FLPC) In a new report, “Price vs Quality: The Hidden Costs of Low Priced Food,” The Food Law and […]
By April Love, Gray Norton (Clinical Instructors), Katharine Stecher, and Taylor Walden (FLPC Students) This year, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has undergone one of the most turbulent periods in its modern […]
WASHINGTON, DC (February 20, 2026) – Over 30 food industry supporters have signed the Zero Food Waste Coalition and Consumer Brands Association’s joint open letter calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan Food […]
For over three decades, the HIV community has gathered in the nation’s capital to ensure that those living with and affected by HIV are heard. This year, the Center for […]
FLPC Senior Fellow on Food Systems, Jian Yi, joined a panel organized by Food Tank and the Rockefeller Foundation at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in late […]
Over the past decade, FLPC has tracked state food waste policies to help us share with our partners and policymakers the ways that states are taking action to reduce food […]
34 jurisdictions now have no prior authorization requirements for most Medicaid patients, marking a significant milestone toward improving timely access to curative treatment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC — [January 21, 2026] The Center for Health […]
(Baton Rouge, LA, January 16, 2026) – Yesterday, a Louisiana district court denied the state’s motion to dismiss Soe, et al. v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, et al., […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today proposed a rule to prohibit gender affirming care (referred to as sex-rejecting […]
Food Law & Policy, News, Commentary
Modeling the Make America Healthy Again’s Food Policy Strategy on Tobacco
March 18, 2026
By Christina A. Roberto, PhD1; Alyssa J. Moran, ScD1; Emily Broad Leib, JD2, published in JAMA Health Forum on March 13, 2026 The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” report brought long overdue […]