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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

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

News
28 August 2020
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Condomless sex sufficient to pass on hepatitis C between men

News
21 August 2020
Coronavirus

Two UK studies find that HIV infection may be a risk factor for dying from COVID-19

News
13 August 2020
The search for a cure

Gene therapy or immunotherapy: which approach is more likely to deliver a cure for HIV?

News
10 July 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
8 July 2020
Self-testing & home testing

How can men be encouraged to take an HIV test?

News
8 July 2020
Resistance

Recycling tenofovir better than switch to second-line zidovudine

News
6 July 2020
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

News
5 July 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
4 July 2020
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

News
4 July 2020
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

People with HIV gain weight faster than HIV-negative people

News
4 July 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

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

News
3 July 2020
Nutrition

How to lose weight if you have HIV

About HIV
June 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
10 June 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
3 June 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
2 June 2020
Coronavirus

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

News
18 May 2020
Cancer

Very low CD4 count in the past raises anal cancer risk

News
18 May 2020
Hepatitis C treatment

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

News
15 May 2020
Hepatitis C treatment

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

News
29 April 2020
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

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

News
22 April 2020
Coronavirus

COVID-19 in Barcelona: first cases in people living with HIV reported

News
16 April 2020
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Hepatitis C spreading through same networks and practices in HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in England

News
15 April 2020
Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV in Africa under-studied, prevention neglected

News
9 April 2020