In the 1980’s HIV/AIDS was the number one cause of death in young adults in the U.S. Whole countries were being decimated. The NIH promised it would commit ten percent of its entire budget to fight HIV/AIDS. Thirty years later it’s still giving ten percent of its budget to HIV/AIDS.
Times are changing though and HIV/AIDS historic set aside may be coming to an end. That means hundreds of millions of dollars of research funding could be opening up. The question is how much will ME/CFS and/or FM get?
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NHS England omits advice to apply clinical judgement re vaccine
It has come to light that a letter from NHS England and NHS Improvement to all vaccination centres and GPs in the UK has omitted advice that health professionals can and should apply their clinical judgement when placing people in group 6. Vaccination of people with underlying health conditions that put them at risk of