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...
Exploring New Worlds: MEAction’s “Chronic Illness Survey Adventure” Casts a Wide Net
Last week Health Rising highlighted one role that #MEAction, in its capacities as a superb communication resource, provides: outreach to the scientific community. Today we focus on a surprising side of MEAction: as a generator of scientific data. MEAction...
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....
Riding the Long COVID Wave for Centers of Excellence, Doctor Education, and Support for ME/CFS and Long COVID
Over the next month, we’re going to try and ride the long-COVID wave once more – and bring home the goodies for both it and ME/CFS. Long COVID is a hot item right now. It’s in the news and multiple bills supporting it are up for consideration in the...
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...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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