The Division of Education and Training at The Fenway Institute has been awarded a new grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) to lead technical assistance and implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis …
June 12, 2019—This week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation statement giving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention an A rating for people at high risk of HIV acquisition. Most health insurance plans are required …
Fenway Health is proud to announce that we have joined the Prevention Access Campaign‘s Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) initiative as a Community Partner. U=U is a growing global community of HIV advocates, activists, researchers, and over 870 Community Partners…
In 2015, AIDS Action and Fenway Health launched Getting to Zero Massachusetts (GTZ), forming a statewide coalition of 40 organizations to achieve the aims of the Getting to Zero initiative. Since then, the Getting to Zero coalition undertook a successful …
When Marcus first came to AIDS Action, he was in visible distress. He had unprotected sex three weeks before, and he had just discovered that his partner might have tested positive for an STI.
One of our Prevention team members …
BOSTON, February 8, 2019—Fenway Health applauds President Donald Trump’s pledge, in his Feb. 5 State of the Union Address, to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.”
The Administration’s plan calls for a reduction in …
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Co-Chair and Medical Research Director of The Fenway Institute, will give presentations on HIV prevention and LGBTQ health at the University of Malaya on Saturday, January 19.
Dr. Mayer will lead …
An analysis of patient data from Fenway Health in Boston shows that PrEP is an effective form of prevention against HIV infection. The analysis was presented in an abstract at the HIV Research for Prevention meeting in Madrid on Tuesday, …
Fenway Health is conducting a new study on gender-affirmative health care starting this November. This innovative study, titled “Transgender cohort study of gender affirmation and HIV-related health,” will enroll 4,500 transgender adult patients from Fenway Health and Callen-Lorde Community Health …
September 18 marks National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, a time to examine the challenges faced by older adults around HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care. Seniors may be less aware of prevention best practices and HIV exposure risks, …
