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.

Prevention

Anal Cancer: Are You at Risk?

A pap smear that many men should get, too.

Miscellaneous

Are Millennials Tolerant Racists?

America's newest generation think they are postracial, but data suggest otherwise.

Here's How Obamacare Is Going To Affect Your Taxes

Taxes are a pain. Health insurance is a pain. This year, Americans will suffer both when they file their income taxes. Ouch.

High Court Declines to Review Oklahoma Case Against Affordable Care Act

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to consider Oklahoma's case against Affordable Care Act subsidies as part of the justices' review of the issue.

Judge Orders California To Make Timely Decisions On Medicaid Coverage

Medi-Cal applicants who have been waiting for more than 45 days can receive temporary health benefits while officials determine eligibility for the public insurance program, a state Superior Court judge ruled this week.

Obamacare To Cost Far Less Than Estimated, Budget Office Says

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Obamacare will cost 7 percent less than expected over the next decade for federal subsidies to help lower-income people pay for private health insurance, congressional researchers said on Monday.

One on One: Maria Davis Speaks Out

A long-term survivor and activist opens up about life, love and HIV -- and why we need to keep the conversation going.

Some Obamacare Insurers Discriminate Against AIDS Patients: Study

(Reuters) - Some insurers selling policies under Obamacare may be structuring drug coverage in a way that dissuades people with HIV-AIDS from becoming their customers, according to a study published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Violence Against Black Transgender Women Goes Largely Ignored

Elle Hearns was hoping to share in the collective pain other black people were feeling during a Trayvon Martin rally in Columbus, Ohio, in April 2012.

But instead of feeling embraced, she said both men and women around her engaged in very loud, transphobic conversations and encroached on her personal space.