We have good news! The first-in-the-nation Long COVID program run by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has been saved from elimination! This means #MEAction will be able to continue its work helping Minnesotans with ME/CFS, Long COVID and related conditions access vital home and community-based support services, as part of our multi-year grant. Last
We reached 7,000 signatures on our last letter. This time, our goal is 10,000. Please sign the letter today and share it with your friends and family.
At 5:00 pm Eastern time yesterday, we found out that the Minnesota house would be voting on a bill that would remove funding to all Long COVID grants, including #MEAction’s grant, which allows us to provide direct support to people with ME and Long COVID. This is yet another SOS moment for people in our
#MEAction has been hard at work connecting individuals to their elected officials to talk about the ME/CFS Research Roadmap, Medicaid, and telehealth. We’ve been partnering with #NotJustFatigue on setting up congressional meetings in order to ask our elected officials for their support in making funding of the ME/CFS Research Roadmap a reality. #MEAction State Chapter
#MEAction Georgia recently had a huge accomplishment. Maggie Boxey, who is a member of the Georgia State Chapter, a Navy veteran, and a published author, recently gave a Tedx talk about her experience as a person with ME. Maggie was diagnosed a year ago but has been sick since 2020. Before becoming sick Maggie and
For #MillionsMissing 2024, #MEAction is sending out an SOS.
We want to provide you with an update about where we stand with the federal administration massively cutting Medicaid and threatening to get rid of Telehealth extensions. We are so grateful for the actions that you have taken with us to fight to protect Medicaid and Telehealth but we still have a long road ahead
Ian Simon, the head of the Long COVID Office at Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released the following statement to coworkers: Dear Colleagues, We are writing to let you know that the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will be closing as part of the administration’s reorganization coming this week. We are
We are writing to you with an urgent call to action. The Trump administration has cut funding for the Center for Solutions for ME/CFS at Columbia University as part of a broader $400 million funding termination at the university. This devastating decision includes the loss of NIH funding for one of the nation’s few Collaborative Research
#MEAction has been fighting alongside the Long COVID community since 2020 – we know that our futures are inextricably linked.
