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.

Elimination of hepatitis C

What's needed to eliminate hepatitis C in people with HIV in Scotland?

Coronavirus

COVID-19 and coronavirus in people living with HIV

Resistance

People with NNRTI resistance have poorer responses to dolutegravir, South African study finds

Coronavirus

People with HIV at higher risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID-19, New York study finds

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Diabetes drug may aid weight loss in people with HIV

Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Test and treat reduces hepatitis C by 83% in Melbourne gay men with HIV

TB transmission & prevention

Taking isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) during pregnancy not associated with adverse birth outcomes

TB treatment

Four-month TB treatment matches six-month standard of care

Cardiovascular disease

High blood pressure less common in people with HIV in Africa

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Weight gain after switch to an integrase inhibitor does not boost 'bad fat'

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Weight gain on HIV treatment: what is normal, and what is harmful?

Liver disease

Fatty liver disease common in people living with HIV and hepatitis B

Diabetes

Diabetes raises the risk of liver damage in people with HIV

Coronavirus

Low CD4 count increased risk of COVID-19 death in US people with HIV

The search for a cure

The search for an HIV cure

Liver disease

People with HIV do not have higher liver disease risk after hepatitis C treatment

Liver disease

Liver cancer risk after hepatitis C cure is lower in people with HIV

Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Condomless sex sufficient to pass on hepatitis C between men