News & Commentary
Originally published by Healio on July 1, 2019. Written by Janel Miller. Though some major medical societies applauded President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on June 24 directing HHS to require hospitals upfront […]
Originally published by NBC News on June 21, 2019. Written by Kaitlin Sullivan. Ham, luncheon meat, sausage and bacon have been linked to cancer, obesity and heart disease, but Americans still can’t […]
“Massachusetts was the first state to have universal health care . . . let’s make this state the first state that everyone living with chronic disease . . . will […]
Originally published by WBUR/CommonHealth on June 18, 2019. Written by Colin A. Young, State House News Service. At a time when consumers are paying more attention to nutrition and the source […]
Originally published by The Washington Post on June 17, 2019. Written by Daron Taylor. Last year, Mom’s Organic Market founder and chief executive Scott Nash did something many of us […]
Originally published by Quartz on June 12, 2019. Written by Adam Rasmi. If you’ve ever found yourself in your local grocery store wondering what the difference is between “sell by,” […]
This blog was originally published by NRDC on June 6, 2019. Written by: Emily Broad Leib and Katie Sandson, Jackie Suggitt at ReFED, and JoAnne Berkenkamp at NRDC. Toss it after the date […]
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) released an issue brief today that outlines the need for federal legislation to standardize date labels on food products. Date […]
Originally published by NBC 6 (Miami) on Friday, May 24, 2019. Written by Phil Rogers and Katy Smyser. Those frustrating food expiration dates — “best by” one date, or “use by” that one. […]
Originally published by 22 News, WWLP on Wednesday, May 23, 2019. Written by Jennifer Zarate. A group met on Wednesday to make sure healthy food is available to everyone in western […]
After years of advocating for Vermont prisoners to have access to life-saving medication for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), the ACLU of Vermont and the Center for Health Law and Policy […]
Health Law & Policy, Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Planting the Seeds for Healthy Food Access
June 24, 2019
Written June 2019 by Grace Truong, J.D. ’19 for Harvard Law School’s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. I joined the Health Law and Policy Clinic because I wanted to […]