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 …
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 …
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 …
DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announced today that the HPTN 083 clinical trial showed that a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimen containing long-acting cabotegravir (CAB LA) injected once every 8 weeks was superior to daily …
The 23rd International AIDS Conference – also known this year as AIDS 2020: Virtual – is underway this week, as researchers, physicians, and advocates around the globe log in for the world’s largest virtual conference on HIV. The Fenway Institute …
BOSTON, June 30, 2020—An editorial published in The British Journal of Psychiatry calls for the development of alternative psychiatric care frameworks that affirm transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people without pathologizing them through clinical diagnoses. The editorial was authored by researchers …
A new editorial in the British Journal of Psychology looks at the current state of psychiatric diagnoses – and the limitations of those diagnoses – for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) patients. It also lays out a vision for a future …
The Fenway Institute is excited to announce our newest COVID-19 study as part of our continuing efforts to aid in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine. This study is aiming to learn more about the COVID-19 infection and how the …
In a historic moment for global LGBTQIA+ rights, the United Nations has issued a report calling for an end to the dangerous and medically-discredited practice of conversion therapy. Conversion therapy practices, the UN states, are “interventions of a wide …
