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.

Coronavirus

HIV raises the risk of death from COVID-19 in South Africa’s Western Cape

Self-testing & home testing

How can men be encouraged to take an HIV test?

Resistance

Recycling tenofovir better than switch to second-line zidovudine

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Switch to dolutegravir raises the risk of potentially harmful weight gain, four-country African study finds

Coronavirus

London study shows people with HIV not at greater risk of severe COVID-19 illness

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Rapid weight gain after switching to TAF, regardless of other HIV drugs taken

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

People with HIV gain weight faster than HIV-negative people

HIV treatment for children & young people

Starting infant treatment within days of birth does not improve viral suppression

Nutrition

How to lose weight if you have HIV

Coronavirus

People with HIV at greater risk of COVID-19 death in South African study

Coronavirus

Which people living with HIV are at higher risk for COVID-19?

Coronavirus

COVID-19 in chronic liver disease: advanced cirrhosis greatly raises risk of death

Coronavirus

No increased risk of severe COVID-19 in people living with HIV, but vigilance over bacterial pneumonia required

Cancer

Very low CD4 count in the past raises anal cancer risk

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Weight gain and HIV treatment

Hepatitis C treatment

Short-course treatment for recent hepatitis C: some courses may be too short

Hepatitis C treatment

Directly observed treatment for hepatitis C highly effective in people who inject drugs

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Changes in fat cells on HIV treatment may have long-term metabolic consequences