News & Commentary
Group of medical and nutrition experts recommends 36 competencies to address concern that many U.S. physicians are not trained to advise patients about nutrition and food choices. Emily Broad Leib, […]
BÂ Tina Deines. Originally published in The Cool Down on September 27, 2024 Food banks across the world are rescuing food from farmers before it gets thrown out, helping people in […]
By Sean McBride, Barak D. Richman, and Carmel Shachar. Originally published in Health Affairs on September 27, 2024 The statutes, regulations, guidance, policy documents, and manuals that govern how hospitals […]
Originally published in Food Tank. During a Summit hosted by Food Tank and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) during Climate Week NYC, panelists connected the dots between ecosystem health, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2024 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) —The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) and Foodbank Vietnam (FBVN) […]
Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH1; Elizabeth Kaplan, JD1 Originally published in JAMA. Published online September 23, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.16439 The latest case out of Texas and the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to threaten vital public health […]
By Frida Garza. Originally published in Grist on September 16, 2024. An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in […]
By John Card and Elizabeth Kaplan. Originally published on Health Affairs Forefront on September 23, 2024. Incarceration is associated with well-documented, significant negative health impacts, both in terms of health disparities […]
Public health, including programs to prevent and treat infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), is chronically underfunded in the United States. Public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic […]
By Geoff Nudelman, originally published in Sustainable Brands on September 9, 2024. Massachusetts-based food-waste tech provider Divert has launched a first-of-its-kind policy tracker that documents new and pending food-waste legislation across the US. The Food […]
Alice Bryk Silveira is a Visiting Scholar at the Food Law and Policy Clinic. Alice is a licensed lawyer from Brazil, holding a Law Degree from PontifÃcia Universidade Católica do […]
Health Law & Policy, Commentary
What the Election Means for the Affordable Care Act
October 2, 2024
Health Care on the Ballot The Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the signature federal health reform legislation signed into law by President Obama in 2010 – has been the law […]