In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
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24 October, 2024
Made In Vermont: Priya Means Love
Balsam fir and fresh air -- crisp mornings in Ripton set the perfect scene for Priya Narasimhan to create her hair, skin, and body care products. “Every single product I use on my body is something I make,” said Narasimhan, who owns Priya Means Love. While it actually does mean love in Sanskrit, it wasn’t a love of personal products that prompted this business. “About 20 years ago, I got quite sick. So, I have ME/CFS which is a lot like long COVID,” Narasimhan said. Me/CFS stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. It can make functioning, even in the most basic of ways, exhausting and sometimes impossible.
24 October, 2024
Reactions: Long COVID R&D
A letter to the editor by Andrea Martell from Gloucester, Ontario, published in the journal American Chemical Society.
24 October, 2024
Challenging The ME Narrative
The time has come to confront the damage caused by flawed science and give ME the recognition it deserves.
23 October, 2024
Ignored, Blamed, And Sometimes Left To Die – A Leading Expert In ME Explains The Origins Of A Modern Medical Scandal
An article by Chris Ponting, Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh.
23 October, 2024
A Dualistic View Of Illness Doesn’t Help Those With ME/CFS
A letter to the editor published in The Guardian, by Peter White, Trudie Chalder and Michael Sharpe, and Dr Jake Hollis, responding to an article by George Monbiot.
23 October, 2024
‘He Doesn’t Have Access To Our Money’: The Women In Charge Of Household Finances
When Daisy Hill was struck with chronic fatigue syndrome two years ago, it didn’t just affect her health and her work, it also changed her attitude to money. Daisy and her husband Gareth had to resort to selling their car and using food banks to stay alive, after Gareth stepped away from his work as a chef to care for her. It meant the couple, who share four children between them, went from having two full time incomes to none at all nearly overnight.
22 October, 2024
Early Research Suggested Long COVID Didn’t Affect Children. New Studies Say That’s Not True
A study that underestimated COVID impact on kids was retracted.
22 October, 2024
The NHS Just Sectioned A Very Severe ME/CFS Patient Under The Mental Health Act
NHS West Middlesex University Hospital has just placed very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) patient Carla Naoum under a Section 2 of the Mental Health Act order. It comes as the disease has taken centre stage in the media in recent weeks, with controversy over Miranda Hart overshadowing the real issues with ME. But Carla’s situation also shows that current campaign groups’ calls for the government to “commission” NHS services for ME will barely scratch the surface of the problem.
22 October, 2024
"My Life Is On Hold And I Don't Know If I Will Ever Get It Back. Long Covid Has Stolen My Identity" - Billboard Placed In Peterborough Highlighting Plight Of Long Covid
Campaigners from Not Recovered UK - who live with long Covid or ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) - have launched a new campaign about these disabling chronic illnesses. Across the UK, the group is taking out billboard adverts calling for better research and for the NHS to do more to prevent Covid infections. The billboard in Peterborough is located in Padholme Road.
21 October, 2024
Prevalence And Impact Of Comorbidities In Patients With ME/CFS
The following is a summary of “Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions in people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): a sample from the Multi-site Clinical Assessment of ME/CFS (MCAM) study,” published in the October 2024 issue of Neurology by Fall et al.