The NIH – a Long COVID Savior? Or is it Doing to Long COVID What It Did to ME/CFS?
With its more remarkable funding, the NIH should be leading the hunt to solve long COVID. Thus far, though, it’s in the rear of the pack. The NIH’s history with post-infectious diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) carries so much baggage, and is...
Success! Nath Reports the Big ME/CFS Intramural Study Points to Possible Treatment Options
Avindra Nath reports the intensive NIH intramural ME/CFS study achieved its goal: finding consistent biological abnormalities that point to possible treatment options. You might be forgiven for thinking that #MEAction is “just” an advocacy organization....
As the U.S. Moves Forward on Long COVID, and the NIH Flails About on ME/CFS, the ME/CFS-Long COVID Webinar is Upon Us
It’s wild times, indeed. Sometimes it seems like the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Other times it feels like it’s standing still. It’s good times for long COVID, though, as the future just got a bit brighter. As many people with long COVID...
The NIH Kicks Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in the Teeth – Again. It May Regret It
The NIH recently found a way to kick the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) community in the teeth again. Jack Reacher couldn’t have done it any better. You have to give it to the NIH: they’re nothing if not masters of disappointment. Almost five years ago...
NIH Launches Mammoth Effort to Understand and Treat Long COVID
The big National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort on long COVID is rolling. It hasn’t come easily or quickly and the NIH has a lot of catching up to do. The world has known long COVID is a serious problem since last summer, but you wouldn’t have known it...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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