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Homer Venters: Life & Death in Rikers

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, WCC 3018 Cambridge, MA, United States

Dr. Homer Venters, former head of Correctional Health Services in New York City, will speak at Harvard Law School on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. As the head of health care for 9,000 inmates at Rikers Island, he witnessed first hand the poor health conditions that led to disease and death for incarcerated peoples. In his […]

Soda Taxes and Other Policy Responses to the American Obesity Epidemic: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium

Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East (2036) 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

Description In recent years, some cities have tried to impose soda taxes and other new policies to reduce the obesity epidemic in the US—particularly among children—and its critical impact on society and the health care system. How effective are these policies? What is blocking their uptake?  What alternatives should we consider? A light lunch will […]

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