by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 22, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By: Rifka Verma, Spring 2024 Health Law and Policy Clinic Student What if the simplest prescription for health did not come in a bottle full of pills, but rather in a box full of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains? What if food wasn’t considered an afterthought...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 18, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Food Law & Policy, Commentary
By Ronit Ridberg, Julia Reedy Sharib, Kathryn Garfield, Erika Hanson, and Dariush Mozaffarian. Originally published in Health Affairs Forefront on March 12, 2025. New research reveals a critical gap: despite poor nutrition costing the US over 600,000 lives and $1.1...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 3, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Food Law & Policy, News
By Molly McKinney. Originally published in Jamaican Plain News on January 26, 2025 Clinical Instructor Heather Latino was quoted in this article. Jamaica Plain nonprofit Community Servings announced a three-year grant of approximately $350,000 from The Rockefeller...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Dec 2, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Expanded efforts to increase equitable access to state Food is Medicine services December 2, 2024 – (Cambridge, MA) The Center for Health Policy and Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School seeks proposals from state partners to leverage its expertise in health care...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 27, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Food Law & Policy, News
By Erika Hanson, Rachel Landauer, Alissa Wassung, Maya Park, Cate Hensley, Kathryn Garfield. Originally published in Health Affairs Forefront on November 27, 2024. Across the country, insurers are increasingly offering food- and nutrition-related benefits, including...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 17, 2024
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School and the Food is Medicine Coalition are proud to release the new fieldwide resource, Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit.This resource seeks to assist state policymakers looking to...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 29, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
By Hannah Rahim. Originally published in Petrie-Flom Center’s Bill of Health on February 28, 2024. Food is Medicine interventions aim to prevent and treat diet-related chronic health conditions and reduce food insecurity by providing food to individuals and...
