After NIH’s intramural ME study was published last month in the journal Nature Communications, some patient-advocates and experts in the ME community say their worst fears about this $8 million, eight-year research project were realized. In interviews with The Sick Times, advocates and experts shared concerns about which patients were included in the research, the…
People with Long Covid in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Europe are buying billboard ads to raise awareness about the disease and promote the urgent need for clinical trials. These billboards aim to do the job of public health authorities, advocates who spoke to The Sick Times explained. However, as some billboard efforts in the…
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