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  • The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up.

    The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up.

    Nick Benton

    No ring-fenced research funding. No care pathway for the very severe. Hospitalized patients still at risk of malnutrition. What has the delivery plan really changed for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis in the United Kingdom? Read more…

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    Want to enroll in a Long Covid clinical trial? This new project helps track them.

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    March 26, 2024

    Research updates, March 26

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    Errors, omissions, potential bias: Why some ME experts are calling for a retraction of the NIH intramural study

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    Research updates, March 12

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  • ID: Alice Wong, an Asian-American woman in her early 50s, wears a black blouse and black and white pants. She rocks a rich red lipstick and has a watermelon pin on her shirt in support of Palestine. She has a tracheostomy attached to a ventilator.
    April 10, 2026

    Alice Wong showed us Disability Justice makes our advocacy stronger

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    April 7, 2026

    I moved into a tiny home in the woods after getting Long COVID.

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    March 20, 2026

    Marcia: Life with severe ME is like screaming into the void

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    March 12, 2026

    A new aid in the doctor’s office: Introducing the Long COVID Treatment Guide

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