News & Commentary
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) […]
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 […]
Clinical Fellow Tori Oto rounded up her two-year fellowship at the Food Law and Policy Clinic in June. Tori joined the FLPC after earning her JD from Harvard Law School, […]
FLPC Associate Director and Clinical Instructor Emma Scott recently transitioned out of her role to join the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School, […]
The CHLPI Team in August 2024 welcomed to the ranks three new clinical fellows who will contribute their expertise and passion to the work of the two clinics nested within […]
Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Preventive Care Coverage Threatened by Federal Court Ruling
September 24, 2024
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 […]