Fenway Institute To Serve As Testing Site For Innovative HIV Vaccine Studies
Since the 1980s, Fenway Health has been a leader in HIV/AIDS prevention research and education. In that tradition, The Fenway Institute will soon serve as a site for two upcoming vaccine studies that...
View ArticleFenway’s Dr. Kenneth Mayer Appointed To PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Co-Chair and Medical Research Director of The Fenway Institute, has been appointed to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)....
View ArticleHIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Funding Cut in Governor’s FY2016 Budget Proposal
Facing an enormous shortfall of over $1 billion in next year’s budget, Governor Baker released his proposal for fiscal year 2016 cutting $2.3 million in HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C funding. These...
View ArticleWhy I Walk: Bette Byrnes, John’s Team
If you ask Bette Byrnes, a longtime AIDS Walk Boston and 5K Run supporter, why she still makes the trip from Florida to Boston every June, she doesn’t have to think about her answer: it’s about home...
View ArticleBiomedical Prevention Focus Of 2015 Retrovirus Conference
The 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections was recently held in Seattle. This conference, often called CROI for short, is one of the biggest annual scientific meetings on...
View ArticleProject BUILD Explores Body Image Concerns Of HIV-Positive Men
The Fenway Institute has announced Project BUILD, a new research study that will examine how body image and appearance concerns affect the self-care of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). The...
View ArticleWhy I Walk: Kelly Rush
At 6.2 miles, the AIDS Walk Boston route is not very long compared to other fundraising walks. But for Kelly Rush, it represents a long journey to self-acceptance. Since he first started walking in...
View ArticleHIV Vaccine Awareness Day Celebrates Preventive Breakthroughs
In the three decades since the HIV/AIDS virus was first identified, there has been some truly miraculous progress in how the disease can be managed and prevented – but there is still much work to be...
View ArticleCDC Awards Fenway Health, AIDS Action, Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78m...
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded Fenway Health, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78 million for a five-year HIV...
View ArticleImproving The Health Of Older Adults Living With HIV
More than three decades after the onslaught of the AIDS crisis, many long-term survivors are now middle-aged or older adults. Due in large part to improvements in treatment and care, half of people...
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