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Six Months In: Here Is What We Have Built Together
In just six months, #MEAction has taken on some of the biggest issues facing people with ME and Long COVID. A small, dedicated staff, an extraordinary group of volunteers, and generous donors like you have gotten us here. I want to take a moment to tell you what we have accomplished together, because celebrating our collective work is important. We Showed Up Around the World This year, the #MillionsMissing campaign was amplified globally. From Brazil to France, the UK to Mex
10 hours ago4 min read
#MEAction and Mayo Clinic Researchers Launch Initiative to Transform Emergency Department Care for People with ME/CFS and Long COVID
Funded by the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI) and Mayo Clinic, the project will develop the first nationally applicable clinical guidelines for emergency department care of ME/CFS and Long COVID patients
3 days ago3 min read


What Juneteenth reminds us for ME and Long COVID communities
Juneteenth is a moment to celebrate freedom and reckon honestly with who that freedom has and has not reached. For the ME and Long COVID community, that reckoning is personal.
Jun 192 min read


Frail and Furious: 10 Things You Need to Know About New Changes to the Medicaid Program
People with ME and Long Covid should be exempt from work requirements, period. Join our fight.
Jun 183 min read


Severe ME Artists Project 2026 — Call for Entries!
Submit your work and join us for this year's Severe ME Artists Project!
Jun 184 min read
Chronically Ill Community Responds to CMS Ruling on Medicaid
Communities living with energy-limiting, “invisible” chronic diseases are deeply concerned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) interim final rule released last week that will make it even more difficult to receive exemptions from Medicaid work requirements than previously laid out in HR1 last fall. The interim rule will make the process of receiving work requirement exemptions more difficult for people with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and other infection-associated
Jun 113 min read


We’re furious: Last-minute changes to defining medical frailty
Medicaid work requirements exemptions are being restricted
Jun 43 min read


Interim U.S. Surgeon General shows public support for the #MillionsMissing
“You have a friend inside,” she told ME and LC advocates at the May 12th D.C. action.
Jun 22 min read


Our Community Needs Urgent Support
A $44,000 grant is waiting. Help us unlock it.
May 212 min read


4,000 Voices Heard by HHS. Here's What Comes Next.
Nearly 4,000 of you signed our letter to Secretary Kennedy calling on HHS to protect Medicaid access for people with ME and Long COVID.
May 202 min read


We Made Real Progress at #MillionsMissing — Here's What's Next
We built key relationships to protect Medicaid for ME and Long COVID. Now we need your help to keep going.
May 142 min read


#MEAction Urges HHS to Exempt ME/CFS and Long COVID Communities from Medicaid Work Requirements
On May 12th, the ME/CFS and Long COVID community are gathering outside the Department of Health and Human Services to call on HHS policymakers to intervene before tens of thousands of people with the debilitating diseases of ME/CFS and Long COVID lose access to the healthcare they need to survive.
May 83 min read


How to Participate in #MillionsMissing 2026
ME awareness month is here. Here's how to show up (at whatever battery level you have).
May 12 min read


Big News: $15K Matching Grant for Emergency Department Project
Give today and your donation will be matched up to $15K!
Apr 281 min read


#MEAction Sends Letter to Dr. OZ Urging for Medicaid Protection
Join our fight to protect Medicaid for our community!
Apr 282 min read


This Is What We Are Up Against
Fury and hope can coexist. Here’s why we believe this is the year everything changes for people with ME.
Apr 233 min read


#MEAction + Mayo Algorithm’s Effect on ME/CFS Care
We have a new research paper out, and it marks an important milestone in a collaboration that set out to improve care for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The paper is co-first-authored by Jaime Seltzer, Scientific Director at #MEAction, and Dr. Stephanie Grach, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester, and a clinician-researcher specializing in ME/CFS care.Through a small grant from the Society to Improve Diagnosis i
Apr 213 min read


#MEAction to Meet with NIH Director during #MillionsMissing Week
#MEAction and NIH Director to Discuss Funding for ME/CFS Research Roadmap
Apr 142 min read


#MEAction Joins National Webinar: Impacts of H.R.1 on Disability Communities
Our year-long campaign to protect Medicaid for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and Long COVID continues! We are pleased to share that our Advocacy Director, Ben HsuBorger, will be joining a national webinar to discuss how the H.R.1 funding bill passed by Congress last year (commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill) will affect disability communities. The Grassroots Project, which supports disability grassroots advocacy, networking, and leadership development,
Apr 102 min read


#MEAction Sends Letter to 42 States Urging Recognition of ME/CFS and Long COVID as Serious Medical Conditions
#MEAction is fighting to protect your Medicaid access. We’re taking action in 42 states and at the federal level to ensure ME/CFS and Long COVID are recognized and protected.
Mar 132 min read
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