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There has been a tidal shift in the media’s interest in post-viral illness with the arrival of Long COVID. Since the very beginning of the pandemic, #MEAction’s press team has been focused on telling it loud and clear that ME is a central part of the COVID-19 narrative. 

WE ARE: 

  • Corresponding with Media: We are contacting every single journalist writing about Long COVID to educate them about ME. To date, we’ve contacted 2,499 journalists about ME. 
  • Press Conferences: In March 2021, #MEAction hosted a press conference featuring an esteemed panel of ME researchers, clinicians and patients to educate journalists about ME and its overlap with Long COVID. Journalists from attended from The New York Times, Fox News, NBC, CNN, Nature, Scientific American and Chicago Tribune.  
  • Shining Spotlight on NIH: We are calling for the NIH to prioritize ME/CFS researchers and build off existing knowledge as part of its $1.15 billion RECOVER initiative to research Long COVID. We are sounding the alarm that the NIH is failing to do so.

Press Hits

Press Coverage of #MillionsMissing protests

#MillionsMissing is a global movement to raise awareness for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Hundreds of cities across the world have joined in four global protests in the past three years to demand change from their governments. Learn more hereEmail [email protected] to add to this list.

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  • Pittsburgh City Paper, in-depth story that includes interviews with Ron Davis and Mary Dimmock
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  • WPXI 11 News: 30 second clip on the 5:30 pm news.
  • NPR: WESA-FM.

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