| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.11.2024 | Bridging Gaps in Opioid Treatment for Diverse Communities | The opioid crisis is a relentless storm, sweeping through communities and leaving devastation in its wake. Among those affected are sexually and gender diverse (SGD) individuals, who face unique challenges in accessing treatment. A recent s... |
| 12.11.2024 | Fenway Health Announces Dallas Ducar as New EVP for Donor Engagement and External Relations | Dallas Ducar is Fenway Health's new EVP of Donor Engagement and External Relations
Dallas will provide strategic leadership as Fenway Health continues to reconnect and reengage with our patients, supporters, and community while advocating f... |
| 07.11.2024 | New Study from The Fenway Institute Sheds Light on Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Sexually and Gender Diverse Patients | Square blue Fenway Health logo with white lettering
The study explores the intersection of sexually and gender diverse people and opioid use disorder
BOSTON, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A pivotal new retrospective cohort study from T... |
| 29.10.2024 | Fenway Health Demonstrates Effectiveness of Online CME Program Designed to Improve PCP Diabetes Diet/Nutrition Counseling for Patients Living with Uncontrolled Diabetes | Square blue & white Fenway Health logo
The results showed improvement in knowledge of diet/lifestyle modification, acknowledgement of effectiveness of counseling, and change in clinical practice after a single CME session
BOSTON, Oct. 2... |
| 12.09.2024 | Fenway Health Commends PUSPOSE 2 Twice Yearly HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Injection Study Results | Fenway Health square blue logo with white lettering
Gilead announced today that the PURPOSE 2 study of twice yearly lenacapavir injections as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduced HIV infections by 96% compared to daily oral PrEP. Fenway ... |
| 30.08.2024 | Fenway Health commends MA House and Senate for including LGBTQ+ Long Term Care Bill of Rights in An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care | Square blue and white Fenway Health logo
Bill outlines protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex older adults and older people living with HIV in long-term care facilities
BOSTON, Aug. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRW... |
| 31.07.2024 | The Looming Shadow of Project 2025: A Threat to Equality and Health | In the realm of American politics, the winds of change often carry whispers of uncertainty. Project 2025, a controversial initiative spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, has emerged as a storm cloud on the horizon. Its implications reach... |
| 30.07.2024 | Fenway Health: Project 2025 poses a grave threat to LGBTQIA+ equality | Square blue Fenway Health logo with white letters
Policy brief outlines the dangers to equality and public health posed by the policies in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project, and urges Americans to make s... |
| 24.06.2024 | The Fenway Institute Study Finds Dramatically Worsening Mental Health and Health Disparities Among Transgender and Gender -Diverse Adults in the US | Fenway Health advocates for and delivers innovative, equitable, accessible health care, supportive services, and transformative research and education.
Surge in anti-transgender legislation and public policies restricting access to gender-a... |
| 13.06.2024 | Fenway Health hires Jordina Shanks as Chief Executive Officer | Fenway Health CEO Jordina Shanks
The Fenway Health Board of Directors is thrilled to announce today that it has hired Jordina Shanks as Fenway Health's next CEO. Shanks has been serving as Fenway's Interim CEO since March.
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| 30.04.2024 | New brief from The Fenway Institute describes the science behind gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth | Fenway Health advocates for and delivers innovative, equitable, accessible health care, supportive services, and transformative research and education.
This new publication introduces the basics of Gender Affirming Care for TGD youth. It ou... |
| 13.07.2023 | Fenway Health Announces Inaugural Cohort of Kenneth H. Mayer Fellows | Fenway Health Logo Advances in the field of HIV and LGBTQIA+ healthcare require bold and imaginative thinking, persistence in the face of challenging scientific questions, and prioritization of community-focused collaborations in service of... |
| 21.02.2023 | The Fenway Institute finds disparities in health and health care access between sexual minorities and their heterosexual counterparts did not change from 2013-2018 | Health inequities are driven by minority group stress and multifaceted societal marginalization. Our findings demonstrate the pernicious effect of stigma and discrimination on health and wellness.
BOSTON (PRWEB) February 21, 2023
A research... |
| 13.02.2023 | The Fenway Institute and NORC - Older LGBT+ Adults Have Higher Rates of Kidney Disease than Heterosexual Peers | This is the first analysis to our knowledge to document the elevated prevalence of kidney disease among older adults in the U.S. who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or a sexual orientation other than heterosexual.
BOSTON (PRWEB) February 13, 20... |
| 21.12.2022 | The Fenway Institute: Viability of gender-affirming health care linked with policies and institutions that protect the rights of transgender and gender diverse people | Continued progress is dependent upon a health care workforce that has been fully trained in providing culturally responsive gender-affirming care, within healthcare systems designed based on the input of transgender and gender diverse peopl... |
| 02.10.2022 | The Fenway Institute Offers Recommendations for Improving Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates in US | Thanks to the vaccine, HPV is almost completely preventable. Youth who receive the vaccine before they become sexually active can be spared from the development of some deadly cancers later in life.
BOSTON (PRWEB) October 02, 2022
A policy ... |
| 02.10.2022 | The Fenway Institute Offers Recommendations for Improving Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates in US | Policy brief addresses barriers to HPV vaccination, including the politicization of vaccines, sex and gender-based stigma, medical mistrust, misinformation, and insufficient provider recommendation
BOSTON (PRWEB) October 02, 2022
A policy b... |
| 26.09.2022 | Freezing Eggs Doesn't Make Future Pregnancy a Done Deal | MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While an increasing number of women are freezing their eggs with the hope of having a baby later, a new study shows there are no guarantees.
Being younger when having the egg retrieval procedure an... |
| 20.09.2022 | The Fenway Institute Offers Ways To Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Medical Students | A key factor for improving and expanding the field of transgender health is the presence of transgender and gender diverse physicians in the medical workforce.
BOSTON (PRWEB) September 20, 2022
An “Art of Medicine” perspective published in ... |
| 15.09.2022 | Research from The Fenway Institute Shows That Bans on Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Youth Have Far-Reaching Repercussions for Clinicians | Bringing political ideology into clinical practice puts providers in a position of having to violate the most basic standard of care, which is to do no harm.
BOSTON (PRWEB) September 15, 2022
A Viewpoint published in JAMA Pediatrics asserts... |
| 15.09.2022 | Research from The Fenway Institute Shows That Bans on Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Youth Have Far-Reaching Repercussions for Clinicians | The professional implications of these bans, and the hostile climate they foster, includes harassment and threats of violence
BOSTON (PRWEB) September 15, 2022
A Viewpoint published in JAMA Pediatrics asserts that the numerous bills filed i... |
| 13.09.2022 | Fenway Health Provides Blueprint for More Effective Federal Response to Monkeypox | Right now, in the United States, we have the tools stop the spread of monkeypox, which is disproportionately affecting gay and bisexual men—particularly those who are Black and Hispanic.
BOSTON (PRWEB) September 13, 2022
As U.S. monkeypox d... |
| 09.09.2022 | Fenway Health Statement on Texas Ruling Allowing Employers to Deny Insurance Coverage of Life-Saving PrEP | PrEP is a life-saving medication that blocks HIV from replicating in the body. It is a highly effective approach to prevent HIV transmission that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012...
BOSTON (PRWEB) September 09, 2022
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| 18.08.2022 | New Study from The Fenway Institute Finds Significant Barriers to Gender-Affirming Primary Care among Transgender People Living in Rural Areas | These findings point to a real need for more comprehensive training in gender-affirming health care for all primary care clinicians.
BOSTON (PRWEB) August 18, 2022
A study published in LGBT Health found a high prevalence of barriers to gend... |
| 26.07.2022 | The Fenway Institute: Health care sector has a critical role to play in mitigating harm to sexual and gender minorities caused by policies that limit access to care | From Texas to Florida, lawmakers are enacting policies and laws that put sexual and gender minorities at great risk of harm.
BOSTON (PRWEB) July 26, 2022
A Perspective essay published July 23, 2022 in the New England Journal of Medicine pro... |
| 22.07.2022 | The Fenway Institute: We must set a high bar for attributing psychopathology to sexual and gender minority people | In the context of escalating governmental attacks on the basic rights and health care access of sexually and gender diverse people, attribution of any psychopathology...requires more analytic rigor, cautious deliberation, and nuanced contex... |
| 29.06.2022 | Being LGBTQ+ in the US presents under-the-radar financial challenges, and technology is finally catching up | The LGBTQ+ community has specific needs that traditional banks often miss. Maskot/Getty Images
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| 20.06.2022 | U.S. health care needs to be fixed. Look to the LGBTQ+ community to do it | The brewing monkeypox outbreak that’s raising health alarms in the LGBTQ+ community comes on the heels of the still-mysterious long Covid being compared to HIV, with strikingly similar implications.
It all brings back disquieting memories o... |
| 14.04.2022 | New Research from The Fenway Institute Offers Lessons From Largest Pilot Study of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Curriculum | A contributing factor to [LGBTQIA+ health disparities] is a lack of comprehensive education about LGBTQIA+ people during formative clinician training. Consequently, there is a dearth of clinicians with expertise in the healthcare needs of L... |
| 23.03.2022 | Massachusetts Medical Society, The Fenway Institute urge FDA to change blood donor policy for men who have sex with men | Scientific advances have dramatically improved blood screening and there remains no evidence to suggest that including MSM in the pool of available blood donors poses an increased risk of adverse outcomes to patients in need.
BOSTON (PRWEB)... |
| 18.02.2022 | The Fenway Institute scientists author a roadmap to federal nondiscrimination regulations | There have been numerous changes and challenges to nondiscrimination provisions in healthcare settings initially set out by the Affordable Care Act. It’s important for clinicians to understand these rules, not only to ensure that they are a... |
| 23.11.2021 | New paper from The Fenway Institute shows that electronic health records can be used as a tool to advance LGBTQIA+ health equity | There is no doubt that collection of basic information related to sexual orientation and gender identity improves the experiences of sexual and gender minorities in healthcare settings.
BOSTON (PRWEB) November 23, 2021
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| 18.11.2021 | Fenway Health brief shows anti-transgender bills harm the trans youth by curbing access to care and athletic activities, and contributing to stigma and discrimination | Despite the many barriers to health and well-being that transgender people face, many politicians are all too willing to play politics with the lives of transgender and gender diverse children and teenagers.
BOSTON (PRWEB) November 18, 2021... |
| 06.10.2021 | Fenway Health clinicians and researchers author first edition of Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: The Fenway Guide published by McGraw Hill Professional | BOSTON (PRWEB) October 06, 2021
Fenway Health announces the release of the first case-based textbook to address the comprehensive health care needs of transgender and gender diverse adults. Co-edited by Drs. Alex S. Keuroghlian, Jennifer Po... |
| 24.08.2021 | Fenway Health, MGH, Harvard, BU, & Brigham and Women’s find rural Northeast health care providers & transgender patients say systems-level changes needed to improve care | Both community members and health care staff were aligned in wanting better options for sharing and collecting information about gender identity ranging from names and pronouns to organ inventories, as well as the need for careful vetting o... |
| 20.08.2021 | In AJPH editorial, Fenway Health argues there is an urgent need to collect COVID-19-related sexual orientation/gender identity data | ...without [sexual orientation and gender identity] information, we can’t design effective outreach strategies around vaccines and COVID-19 testing.
BOSTON (PRWEB) August 20, 2021
An editorial published in the American Journal of Public Hea... |
| 20.07.2021 | Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Fulfills Mission; Completes Final Dissolution | WALTHAM, Mass. (PRWEB) July 20, 2021
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a national leader in health information technology for over 15 years, has been dissolved after distributing its remaining assets to six local public chari... |
| 07.07.2021 | New Paper Provides Strategies for Optimizing Gender-Affirming Medical Care By Changing Electronic Health Records | Given the significant disparities in health that transgender and gender diverse people experience...it is incumbent upon health care systems and health information technology vendors, including electronic health records, to improve clinical... |
| 09.03.2021 | Testing.com Announces Best Free STD Testing Organizations in Boston, MA | BOSTON (PRWEB) March 09, 2021
Testing.com, a trusted informational guide for medical lab testing and at-home screening, has published a report on the increasing STD cases and resources for addressing this issue in Boston. Research experts a... |
| 14.01.2021 | Fenway Health deploys mobile health clinic to increase access to and representation in COVID-19 research | We will not be able to understand the effectiveness of the vaccine in Black and Latinx communities without their participation in vaccine research.
BOSTON (PRWEB) January 14, 2021
Fenway Health has partnered with Matrix Medical Network to d... |
| 22.12.2020 | Fenway Health, other Organizations Call for LGBTQI Data Collection & Targeted Outreach in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Efforts | Because they are more likely to hold front line jobs and have certain chronic conditions, LGBTQI people may be disproportionately vulnerable to novel coronavirus infection and to complications should they develop COVID-19.
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| 15.12.2020 | State’s older LGBTQ residents experience higher rates of depression, poverty, and injuries due to falls than their straight, cisgender peers, according to a new report from The Fenway Institute | “Although a lot of the information in this report focuses on health risks and disparities, we also found that LGBTQ older adults are resilient, in part, because they’ve had dramatically different life experiences than their straight and cis... |
| 01.12.2015 | A new approach to reducing HIV infections shows promise | HIV drugs taken on a daily basis to prevent infection can be taken intermittently and still substantially reduce the risk of infection, at least in some populations, a new study suggests.
The study, published online by the New England Journ... |
