John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR

Dr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent.

Carl Bean, Gay Singer Who Turned to Preaching, Dies at 77

After recording “I Was Born This Way,” a club favorite, he entered the ministry and founded a church for the L.G.B.T.Q. community.

The Pandemic Has Set Back the Fight Against H.I.V., TB and Malaria

Prevention and treatment fell in poor countries last year as access to health care declined, according to a new report.

An Experimental H.I.V. Vaccine Fails in Africa

Researchers ended a large trial in South Africa after finding that an experimental vaccine offered little protection.

PEPFAR Is Still Without a Leader. H.I.V. Activists Want to Know Why.

“Can we not think and act on two pandemics at a time?” asked one epidemiologist.

Covid Is Especially Risky for People With H.I.V., Large Study Finds

An H.I.V. infection increases the odds of dying from Covid-19 by at least 30 percent, researchers said.

The Lesbian Avengers Will Not Be Commodified

At least, not by the Gap.

Opinion | Sarah Schulman’s Radical Approach to Conflict, Communication and Change

The writer and activist discusses ACT UP, Israel-Palestine and the dangers of consensus in political movements.

Opinion | 3 Lessons the AIDS Pandemic Taught Us About Covid

While the world trained its epidemiological attention on the coronavirus last year, another pandemic virus infected 1.5 million people and killed 690,000.

A U.N. Declaration on Ending AIDS Should Have Been Easy. It Wasn’t.

Even with U.N.’s previous goals unmet, delegates tried to water down provisions regarding protections for vulnerable populations and patents for essential drugs.

Ganga Stone, Who Gave Sustenance to AIDS Patients, Dies at 79

At the height of the AIDS epidemic, she started God’s Love We Deliver, a charity that brought hot meals to people who were too ill to cook.

The Forgotten Queer Legacy of Billy West and Zuni Café

The restaurant is a culinary landmark in San Francisco, but its history as a space for gay visibility is little known.

In ‘Let the Record Show,’ Sarah Schulman Erects a Monument to the AIDS Movement

A political history of ACT UP New York in the late 1980s and early ’90s is part oral history, part call to arms.