In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
Articles represent the views of their authors and not ME/CFS SA. Always seek advice from a registered health practitioner before changing your care plan.
03 April, 2024
Behind The Scenes In COVID Research Labs, Then And Now
The past four years have witnessed major advancements in medical science’s drive to unravel the complexities of the human immune system. We have the COVID-19 pandemic to thank for much of the progress. A good deal of the growth has come because the global health crisis hit and then hung around at a time when medical researchers were ready with sophisticated means of studying how and where the virus, SARS-CoV-2, struck and spread. And whom it sickened, killed or barely bothered. More to the point, for the first time in history, medical scientists could doggedly pursue a pandemic in real time rather than retrospectively.
04 November, 2022
Behind The Surge In Workers With Disabilities: Long COVID
There's been a surge of about 900,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. workforce since 2020, likely because of the increase in Americans with long COVID, according to new research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
17 October, 2020
Being A Carer During A Pandemic And Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
01 March, 2023
Being Flexible Is Key To Protecting Mental Wellbeing In People With Chronic Pain
Research has found the biggest threat to the mental health of people living with chronic pain isn't necessarily how intense their pain is, but the extent to which it interferes with their daily life.
06 March, 2023
Bella Ramsay Explains Why She Views Lena Dunham As A Role Model
‘The Last of Us’ star cites ‘Girls’ creator’s openness about her struggles with Fibromyalgia as a source of inspiration.
01 February, 2023
Belle And Sebastian Scraps Tour Plans Due To Stuart Murdoch’s Health Struggles
Belle and Sebastian has cancelled its spring North American tour while frontman Stuart Murdoch deals with health issues related to a long-time struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome. The outing was scheduled to begin April 24 in Mexico and follows the cancellation of a planned U.K., Europe, and South American tour last fall.
09 October, 2022
Belle And Sebastian Singer: Living With ME Makes Me Feel Like A ‘Non-Person’
Stuart Murdoch attended a protest outside the Scottish Parliament calling for specialist treatment for the illness.
16 September, 2023
Belle And Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch To Publish Debut Novel
Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch will publish his debut novel, Nobody’s Empire, in September 2024, through HarperVia in North America and Faber in the United Kingdom. Part memoir and part fiction, the novel is set in Glasgow and California in the early 1990s and follows a character searching for “a new-world reinvention” after his hospitalization with chronic fatigue syndrome.
15 May, 2022
Belle And Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch: ‘I Love A Band. There’s Nothing Like It’
Craig McLean meets the twee pop icon in Glasgow to talk about the band’s new album, chronic fatigue syndrome, the thrill of live performance, and playing football with Robbie Williams.
20 April, 2022
BENEFITS BLUNDER: A Social Security Mistake Landed Me With A $20,000 Benefits Bill – How To Avoid It Happening To You
Disabled US retiree Valorie Lasley, 67, was forced to go back to work after the Social Security Administration (SSA) mistakenly overpaid her - and then cut her disability benefits.
