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…
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CSHC to Launch Same Day PrEP on World AIDS Day to Reduce HIV Infections
DORCHESTER, Mass.—On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2016 Codman Square Health Center (CSHC) is launching a new service, “Same Day PrEP” to fight AIDS by…
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…
Study: Higher Rates of HIV Among Black Gay Men Expected to Continue for Decades
By: Eric Brus*— Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) currently account for about two-thirds of all new HIV infections in…
Assessing the Fight Against AIDS: How Close Are we to ‘Getting to Zero’?
By: Eric Brus* Although we are 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, we still do not have consensus around precisely what “ending the epidemic” means. Yet…
New York Gov. Cuomo Plans to “End AIDS” in the State
ALBANY, New York—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a three-point plan to “bend the curve” and decrease new HIV infections to the point where the…
28th Annual AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run to Take Place on 6/2/13
BOSTON, Mass.—Registration is now open for the 28th annual AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run, which will be held June 2, 2013. The Walk & 5K…
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Why You Should Care
By: Eric Brus*– Thursday, Feb. 7, is the 13th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). As was the case in 2012, the theme for…
Kerry Marks World AIDS Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement in honor of World AIDS Day, recognized on…
End of AIDS Globally is “Feasible,” New UN Report Says
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The global response to the worldwide AIDS epidemic continues making remarkable progress in HIV prevention, improved treatment, and reduced AIDS-related deaths,…
Op-Ed: Making the Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Commission Work for LGBT Youth
By: Kara Suffredini*, Esq. and Robyn Frost**/Special for TRT– There are an estimated 1.3 million children and teens in this country who are experiencing homelessness….
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & The Fenway Institute Enroll 100 Participants into the Largest Nationwide HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial
Volunteers can make a difference in efforts to control the pandemic Boston, MA – The HIV Vaccine Clinical Research Sites at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…