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.

Treatment

Pricey Successor Overtakes $1,000-Per-Pill Hepatitis C Drug

WASHINGTON - The $1,000 pill for a liver-wasting viral infection that made headlines last year is no longer the favorite of patients and doctors.

Miscellaneous

Black Children in U.S. Are Much More Likely to Live in Poverty, Study Says

WASHINGTON - Black children were almost four times as likely as white children to be living in poverty in 2013, a new report has found, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is leaving behind some of the United States' most vulnerable citizens.

Black Pastors Across America Will Preach About HIV/AIDS This Sunday

The black church has always been a place of power for the African-American community. It was where black leaders secretly preached the gospel of freedom to slaves meeting in underground churches. It was where clergy spoke against the injustices of segregation and rallied for the cause of civil rights.

Congress May Eliminate Specific Care Funding for Women With HIV, Jeopardizing Trauma-Informed Services

When Gina Marie Brown was diagnosed with HIV in 1994, she was pregnant, two years sober, and hanging on by a thread.

After her diagnosis that thread threatened to snap. She started squirrelling away pain pills and hatched a plan. When her baby was born, she'd take the pills, "go to sleep and never wake up."

LGBT Student Measure Falls Short in Senate

Legislation that aims to prohibit discrimination and harassment of LGBT students in public schools failed Tuesday to reach the 60-vote threshold needed for passage in the Senate as part of an education reform bill.

Nation's Capital Sees 'Remarkable' Drop in New HIV Cases

By most measures, Washington, DC, is making major progress in its fight against HIV, according to new data released by the city and reported in the Washington Post. From 2012 to 2013, the latest date available, newly diagnosed cases per year dropped from 678 to 553.

Our Health Matters: The Struggle to End HIV Continues

The chair of the NAACP calls on faith leaders to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.

People with HIV Live Almost 20 Years Longer Than in 2001

Better access to antiretroviral drugs has transformed outlook for 15 million people with HIV, says UN, but more funding needed to avoid Aids comeback

S.F. Sees Lowest Rates Ever of New HIV Diagnoses and Deaths

In 2014, San Francisco recorded 302 new HIV diagnoses and 177 deaths of HIV-positive people; these are the lowest-ever numbers in the city's history of the epidemic and amount to a 17 percent drop from the previous year, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

The Struggle for Fairness for Transgender Workers

Shortly after graduating from college in Pennsylvania last year, Elaine Rita Mendus hopped on a Greyhound bus, hoping the $2,000 in her bank account would keep her afloat until the first paycheck. There was only one city in the country that seemed moderately promising for a 6-foot-3 transgender woman in the early stages of transitioning to launch a career.