#MEAction’s NIH Study Response
February 29, 2024
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NIH’s recent paper on ME/CFS elicited strong reactions from the community.
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NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap Update–Public Comment Period Now Open
February 20, 2024
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The NIH ME/CFS Research Roadmap public comment period is open now with a deadline of March 8th. #MEAction is a member of the ME/CFS Research Roadmap Working Group and for the past several months we have been advocating on behalf of this community within this group. Our Executive Director, Laurie Jones, served on the nervous
Announcing: New NIH Conference Travel Scholarship for Providers and Medical Students!
October 26, 2023
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#MEAction is thrilled to announce a new travel scholarship for providers and medical students to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Conference, Advancing ME/CFS Research: Identifying Targets for Intervention and Learning from Long COVID, this coming December 12- 13, 2023 in Bethesda, MD. #MEAction is providing this opportunity for one to two promising medical students
#MEAction and Long COVID Justice Issue Press Statement about NIH Failure of Long COVID
August 23, 2023
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#MEAction and Long COVID Justice issued a press statement yesterday about our communities’ deep concerns regarding the rollout of RECOVER’s clinical trials for Long COVID. As studies show half of the Long COVID community meets the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS – and our core symptoms overlap – RECOVER’s research has major implications for our community.
NIH Must Not Overlook Evidence of Exercise Harm
March 22, 2023
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Long COVID Exercise study must address safety, efficacy concerns.
NIH Extends Funding for ME/CFS Research Centers
September 7, 2022
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has taken steps to fix a “funding gap” in the timing of research awards for the ME/CFS Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and the Data Management and Coordinating Center (DMCC). The currently-funded research centers which apply, and are approved, for another 5-year term will no longer face a 7-month funding
Research Update: The NIH Intramural ME/CFS Study
May 4, 2022
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National Institutes of Health researchers who began what may be the deepest biological investigation ever of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are writing up their findings and plan to circulate a draft among their large team of scientists and physicians for feedback soon. “The study will help patients and should move the field forward in
NIH Comes up Short Once Again
February 17, 2022
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No Increase in Funding in Latest Plan for ME/CFS Collaborative Research Centers The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced their intent to extend the ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center (CRC) program, first launched in 2017, beyond its initial 5-year lifetime. They have issued a $7.1M annual funding opportunity for the ME/CFS CRCs, and another $500K
NIH Long COVID research lacks clear plan to identify and track ME/CFS
January 14, 2022
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MEAction has written to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) expressing our deep concern that the RECOVER Initiative research agenda lacks a clear plan for how to accurately identify or consistently track the onset of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) cases among patients with Long COVID. This is of particular importance because a sizable fraction
Telebriefing by Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group
October 21, 2021
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NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call Join the webinar: https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1616894211?pwd=ZUlYdld1UHBEYStzU2JiTHZFRDc1UT09Passcode: 816676 Pre-registration is not required. From: https://www.nih.gov/mecfs/events See our list of questions submitted in advance to the Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group.https://www.meaction.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NIH-telebriefing-questions-Oct-2021.pdf