CDC, Mass. DPH Partner To Address Spike In HIV Diagnoses In Commonwealth
Partnership highlights need to address HIV transmission through intravenous drug use By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In response to an alarming rise in HIV diagnoses…
Partnership highlights need to address HIV transmission through intravenous drug use By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In response to an alarming rise in HIV diagnoses…
It was not until the complete bill passed, with public spaces protections, that it seemed like a reality for Mass. By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor—…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In November, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report highlighting a significant increase in sexually…
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—To honor the 30th anniversary of the AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run on June 7, the event will…
BOSTON, Mass.—Statement by Carl Sciortino, Executive Director of AIDS Action Committee on the House Ways and Means Committee’s Recommended Funding of HIV/AIDS: “Since the beginning…
BOSTON, Mass.—If you ask Bette Byrnes, a longtime AIDS Walk Boston and 5K Run supporter, why she still makes the trip from Florida to Boston…
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— In February, The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) released a new study entitled “HIV and the Black Community: Do #Black(GAY)lives…
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The AIDS Action Committee (AAC) will host an evening benefit to showcase more than 40 chefs from over 45 different…
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—In June 2015 the United States Supreme Court will listen to four different cases that dispute the issue of same-sex…
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—As advances in research and care for people living with HIV/AIDS continue to be made—including new forms of treatment…
BOSTON, Mass.— Thursday, Sept. 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, which focuses on the challenges facing the aging population regarding HIV prevention, testing,…
By: Carl Sciortino and Lisa Krinsky, LICSW— There are three types of older people living with HIV: people who have been living with the virus…
By: Chuck Colbert*/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—A mainstream, statewide non-profit organization which advocates against sexual assault and domestic violence and an LGBT survivor-led, social justice organization…
Carl Sciortino, state lawmaker and social justice advocate, has extensive experience advocating on behalf of people living with HIV and those vulnerable to infection BOSTON,…
Sciortino a leader in the fight for LGBT equality BOSTON, Mass.—The Bay State Stonewall Democrats have announced their endorsement of State Representative Carl Sciortino in…
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– Despite a multi-faith, multi-racial, cross-community effort, the fight to stop the three-strikes bill in the Massachusetts legislature failed. In November, both…
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The more than two hundred people who attended MassEquality’s inaugural Icon Awards gathering helped the statewide advocacy organization raised $125,000. The…