WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 21 — More Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or other non-binary identities (LGBTQI+) than ever before, but significant gaps remain in data collection and understanding of their well-being, says a new report from the …
BOSTON, October 7, 2020—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief demonstrating that during its four years in office, the Trump Administration enacted more anti-LGBTQIA+ policies than any previous administration in history. Titled “Trump-Pence Administration policies …
AIDS Action is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2020 Bette Byrnes Award: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a fierce health care equality advocate who continues to be a powerful voice for underserved communities in D.C. and beyond.
Representative Pressley currently …
BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 — Fenway Health announces today that the Boston-based community health center has been activated as a late-stage clinical trial site for the CoVPN 3502 monoclonal antibody study to prevent COVID-19 disease among household members of recently …
BOSTON, September 8, 2020—Fenway Health announces today that it will participate in the Phase 3 clinical trial testing the efficacy of a vaccine developed by Oxford University and licensed to the pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca to evaluate if the vaccine can …
Fenway Health is proud to announce that we have once again been named an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader in the HRC’s annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). Leader status is awarded to healthcare facilities that attained a score of 100 in …
BOSTON, August 13, 2020—An editorial published in The American Journal of Public Health calls for the routine inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in the demographic information collected for COVID-19 testing. Titled “Sexual and Gender Minority Health …
PITTSBURGH, August 12, 2020 – Men at particular risk for HIV are very likely to consistently take prevention medication during vacations when their odds of contracting the virus are higher, according to a new study led by scientists at the …
The fact that racism is a public health crisis comes as no surprise. Perhaps the surprise is that it has taken so long for this to be publicly acknowledged. Over the past months, Fenway Health has made public statements of …
BOSTON, July 14, 2020—A Perspective essay published in Psychosomatics: The Journal of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry uses case scenarios to illustrate how implicit bias among psychiatrists and other clinicians can affect patient-clinician communication and diminish the quality of health care provided to …
