A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-section of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.

Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote at AIDS 2014 

Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), according to a statement by the International AIDS Society (IAS), which convenes the conference with other global partners. AIDS 2014 takes place July 20 to 25 in Melbourne, Australia. The former U.S. president will speak on July 23. Michel Sidibé, executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and jurist Michael Kirby will deliver keynotes at the opening ceremony.

Cuomo Plan Seeks to End New York's AIDS Epidemic 

Borrowing an idea from leading AIDS researchers, the Cuomo administration said on Friday that it had developed a plan to aggressively identify, track and treat people with H.I.V. infection with the aim of reducing new infection to the point that by 2020, AIDS would no longer reach epidemic levels in New York State.

DC Strip Club Built With HIV/AIDS Grant Money 

The corruption behind the creation of the notorious Stadium Club is revealed in a jury's findings.  

Four Babies Born with HIV 'Cured', Fuelling Hopes of AIDS Vaccine 

Details of the Canadian cases will be discussed at an AIDS conference in Melbourne this month.

Breakthroughs in the quest for an AIDS vaccine, the fight to cure people living with HIV of co-infections such as hepatitis C and tuberculosis, and the impact of discriminatory policies in other nations are also expected to announced.

Health Care Law's Other Legal Challenges 

Monday's "Hobby Lobby" decision was just the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Details on the 5-4 decision and other challenges that could - if successful - have even deeper implications.

Herpes Virus Infection Drives HIV Infection Among Non-Injecting Drug Users in New York 

HIV infection among non-injecting drug users doubled over the last two decades, a study has found. HIV and its transmission has long been associated with injecting drug use, where hypodermic syringes are used to administer illicit drugs. Now, a newly reported study shows that HIV infection among heterosexual non-injecting drug users (no hypodermic syringe is used; drugs are taken orally or nasally) in New York City has now surpassed HIV infection among persons who inject drugs.

Lowering Toxicity of New HIV Drugs Predicted to Improve Life Expectancy  

While bringing new drugs to market is important for increasing life expectancy in younger people with HIV, lowering the toxicity of those drugs may have an even greater health impact on all HIV patients, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis reveals.

Oncology Treatment Guidelines Are Unclear For HIV Positive Cancer Patients, Lowering Survival Rates 

Does it surprise you to learn that HIV-positive patients with cancer have worse survival rates compared to HIV-negative patients with cancer?

Pill to Prevent H.I.V. Gets a Prominent Backer: Andrew Cuomo 

On Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an ambitious goal: Ending the AIDS epidemic in New York State by 2020.

Governor Cuomo does not mean he expects the state to find a cure; he wants to cut new infections so drastically that the number of New Yorkers living with H.I.V. goes into decline. He has set a goal of 750 new infections in 2020, down from about 3,000 in 2013 and 14,000 at the epidemic's peak in 1993.

Why LGBT Americans Are Leery of Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Ruling 

Activists had been warning for months that the Hobby Lobby ruling could have damaging consequences for LGBT Americans.