HIV Challenge To Reduce Stigma, Disparities
HHS Announces New National HIV Challenge, Increase Prevention & Treatment Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of The…
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Fenway Backs Young Adults’ Access To HIV
Fenway Health Supports Passage of Bill To Ensure Young Adults Have Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment BOSTON—Fenway Health announces today that it supports “An…
HIV Testing & Prevention: Identifying And Reaching At-Risk And Hidden Populations
Rutgers HIV/LGBT health expert discusses the importance of focusing research on local areas in order to implement tailored prevention program strategies NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Rutgers scholar…
33rd AIDS Walk & Run Boston to Take Place June 3
BOSTON, MA―Registration is now open for the 33rd annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which will take place Sunday, June 3, 2018. The event regularly…
Community Periscope: Brockton, Mass. Programs for the LGBTQ Community
Brockton LGBTQ community offers some services By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Communities around Massachusetts and the New England area have various services, entities, and groups with…
Racial Equity is Vital to Eradicating HIV/AIDS in 2018 & Beyond
By: JP Delgado Galdamez*/TRT Guest Columnist— In honor of National Black HIV Awareness Day on February 7, The Rainbow Times’ columnist and activist JP Delgado Galdamez…
AIDS Walk & Run Boston to Take Place in Early June
BOSTON—Registration is now open for the 32nd annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which will take place Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the DCR Hatch…
CDC: ‘Urgent Need’ for HIV Prevention Among Young People & MSM
HIV Prevention is key to lowering the alarming number of youth, others, with HIV/AIDS By: Eric Brus* HIV Surveillance Data Show Reduced HIV Diagnoses in Most…
Planned Parenthood: We Won’t Back Down from the Fight to End HIV/AIDS
On World AIDS Day, the leading educator and provider of HIV testing in the U.S., Planned Parenthood, calls for bipartisan support for HIV/AIDS preventions and…
Massachusetts Getting to Zero Coalition Releases Plan to Eliminate HIV/AIDS in MA
BOSTON, Mass.―The Massachusetts Getting to Zero Coalition, led by the AIDS Action Committee, Fenway Health, and over 35 supporting organizations from the six health regions…
Presidential Candidates’ Stance on HIV; PrEP Summit Set for December
First National HIV PrEP Summit to be held on December 3 and 4 in San Francisco By: Eric Brus*— The Fenway Institute and Harlem United recently…
Planned Parenthood League of MA to Provide PrEP at all Facilities
By: John Paul Stapleton/TRT Reporter— Many people refer to Truvada as a miracle drug given its effectiveness in preventing HIV/AIDS. Taken once a day, Truvada,…
Youth Health Survey Finds Gay and Bi Teens at High Risk
The risk for physical and behavioral health for gay and bi teens of color continues to be higher, study says By: Eric Brus* Sexual minority…
AIDS 2016 in Durban, South Africa: The Fenway Institute Represents
AIDS 2016 will mean more experts doign HIV research, talking PrEP stigma, sexually-transmitted infections and transgender women issues, msm issues and much more Digital technologies. Social networks….
HIV Infections Decline, But Country Fails to Meet Goals of National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Eric Brus* New U.S. HIV Infections Decline, But Progress Falls Short of NHAS Goals During the period from 2010 to 2015, the annual number…
FDA Approves Descovy, a Safer and More Efficient Option to Treat HIV
New treatment should not be confused for PrEP By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Recently, the FDA approved Descovy, a new “prodrug” used to treat those living…
First Ever Transgender HIV Testing Day Observed
By: Eric Brus*— On Monday, April 18, the inaugural National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD) was observed in the United States. Sponsored by the Center…
Douglas M. Brooks Ends Tenure As White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, and the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts commend outgoing White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Douglas…
President Obama’s Budget Allocates Funding for New Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program, Resources for Trans Women
Plus, PrEP for trans women considering it By: Eric Brus* President Barack Obama presented his administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) to the U.S….
Rates of HIV Falling: Gay Men Still More Vulnerable Than Most
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that annual HIV diagnoses fell 19% in the U.S. from 2005 to…
Transgender Women and HIV Prevention
BOSTON, Mass.—A policy brief released today by the National Center for Innovation in HIV Care—a program of The Fenway Institute, AIDS United, and ARCW—examines questions…
Sheen’s HIV Diagnosis Puts Epidemic in the Crosshairs
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— On November 17, fading movie and television star Charlie Sheen announced publicly that he has HIV. You’re probably familiar with…
Getting to Zero: The Multi-Faceted Solution to Beating New HIV/AIDS Infections
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….