Keith Alcorn

Keith joined NAM’s staff team in 1991 and was our Senior Editor until 2018. He currently contributes news and conference reporting to aidsmap.com and edits infohep.org, our website covering hepatitis treatment news.

Liver disease

Heavy drinking, metabolic disorders and hepatotoxic antiretrovirals are risk factors for chronic liver disease in UK cohort

Improving HIV care

Differentiated HIV services improve retention in care

Cardiovascular disease

UK experts recommend statins for all people with HIV aged 40 and over

Low CD4 count

Uganda: majority of hospital admissions for AIDS or TB are in people already on HIV treatment

The search for a cure

The search for an HIV cure

Sexually transmitted infections prevention

UK vaccine body recommends meningitis B vaccine for gonorrhoea prevention

Cardiovascular disease

More evidence that integrase inhibitors don’t raise heart disease risk

Health services & systems

Care for diabetes or high blood pressure can be delivered alongside HIV care in African clinics

Cancer

Women with HIV have three times the risk of cervical cancer, large South African study shows

Injectable & long-acting HIV treatment

Long-acting injectable treatment highly effective in European cohort studies

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Body mass index is sufficient to predict diabetes or metabolic syndrome, Italian study finds

Treatment simplification strategies

Reduced-drug treatment becoming common in Paris

Cardiovascular disease

COVID-19 raises the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with HIV

PEP

Making PEP available in the community could reduce new HIV cases in Africa by 31%

The search for a cure

Cases of HIV cure

History of HIV & AIDS

HIV in the UK – then and now

Epidemiology

HIV diagnoses in England increasing, but long-term trend uncertain

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Greater weight gain in first year of HIV treatment raises risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and precursors of heart disease