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.
19 February, 2023
Black Mould: Calico Tenant And Burnley Mum With Fibromyalgia Says Living In A Mouldy Home Has Made Her Mental Health "Horrendous”
“Jet black mould” has blighted the home life of a chronically ill Burnley mum for more than a decade.
31 October, 2022
Black Women And Invisible Disabilities: A Story Of Multi-Marginalization
Life with an invisible illness is a constant battle within yourself. You may often wonder if you should fully disclose your medical business in exchange for the compassion you deserve. Or if you should continue to exist as if you are as fine as you look on the outside. While there is no concrete data on how many people live with invisible disabilities, at least 10 percent of the U.S. population is reported to have such illnesses. For Black folks, the data is more clear. BlackDoctor.org identified the seven deadliest diseases for Black Americans, each one invisible. In a world where Black people deal with various forms of discrimination, Black women who also have invisible illnesses find themselves facing heightened marginalization.
27 April, 2021
Black Women Are Fighting To Be Recognized As Long COVID Patients
The CDC today acknowledges that ME/CFS, a disease that affects some 2.5 million people in the U.S., is “at least as common in African Americans and Hispanics as it is among whites,” but most research on the condition does not represent that diversity.
12 May, 2021
Black Women Are Fighting To Be Recognized As Long COVID Patients
It took five years of chronic pain, nausea, fuzzy thoughts and a cruel mixture of fatigue and insomnia for Wilhelmina Jenkins to be diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). But even after she received that diagnosis, in 1988, she faced her fair share of doubters—not because her symptoms didn’t meet the bar for diagnosis, but because she is Black.
26 August, 2022
Blood Abnormalities Found In People With Long Covid
An ambitious study of people with Long Covid, the mysterious, disabling symptoms that can trail a SARS-CoV-2 infection, has turned up a host of abnormalities in their blood. The clues add to a body of evidence hinting at drivers of the condition and potential treatments worth testing. They also suggest that, as many scientists and patients have suspected, Long Covid shares certain features with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), another condition thought to follow an infection.
04 April, 2024
Blood Sample Test Can Diagnose Fibromyalgia Via Raman Spectroscopy
A blood sample analysis using Raman spectroscopy, combined with statistical modeling, was sufficient to diagnose fibromyalgia, according to data published in Biomedicines.
04 February, 2024
Blood Test Can Now Differentiate Long COVID From Fibromyalgia: Insights From University of Texas And Ohio State Studies
Understanding the overlap between fibromyalgia, known for widespread pain, and long COVID, where symptoms linger post-infection, is essential. Recent studies from the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio State University offer significant insights into these distinct yet similar conditions.
10 August, 2023
Blood Tests For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome can wait years for diagnoses; biomolecular tests are finally in development.
25 July, 2022
Bloom Brings The Boogie
Australian entertainer Bloom has told of her story with her struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and has recently become an ambassador for Emerge Australia who’s aim it is to provide education, advocacy, research and support services for people living with the illness.
02 February, 2021
Board To Decide If Nurse’s Chemical Sensitivity Work-Related
The Hawaii Supreme Court decision will require the state’s Labor and Industrial Relations Appeal Board to reconsider whether a nurse’s diagnosed multiple chemical sensitivity is work-related.
