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Pride Is Valid No Matter How One Celebrates or Experiences It

In honor of Pride Month, #MEAction is sharing a heartfelt message from our board member, Jennifer England, about what Pride means to her and her wife who lives with severe ME. My wife and I have both been queer our whole lives, but in the 70s that was the quiet part you didn’t say out

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Questions to Ask Prospective MPs About ME/CFS

In the next few weeks, candidates will be knocking on doors seeking votes for the upcoming UK Election. It’s important that candidates from all parties are made aware of the challenges facing people with ME and Long Covid. It can be a little daunting to be unprepared so here are some questions you might want

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#TeachMETreatME: Celebrating An Impactful Campaign

We are THRILLED to share the rolling successes of our #TeachMETreatME campaign with you, as we report back on the amazing medical education events that have taken place so far – with many more to come in the upcoming months! (And don’t miss the global #MillionsMissing events later in the article!) Over the past several

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#MillionsMissing Week is Here: #TeachMETreatME in Action!

We are excited to announce the kick-off of #MillionsMissing 2024 – our ongoing campaign to Teach ME and Treat ME by educating medical providers across our nation’s hospital systems and medical schools about myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).  Throughout the spring, summer and fall, #MEAction teams are hosting 13 medical education events to encourage medical providers to

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#MEAction’s Jaime Seltzer Selected for TIME100 Health 2024

We are thrilled to share with you that Jaime Seltzer, #MEAction’s Scientific Director, has been selected for TIME100 Health 2024, TIME’s new annual list of 100 individuals who most influenced global health this year! This is a huge honor based on years of work fighting for equity for people with ME.  We intimately know the

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Interview With Lauren Saikkonen – Author of Invisible Illness: Coming of Age, Chronic Illness, and a Mother’s Will to Survive

#MEAction is once again thrilled to share a new book, Invisible Illness: Coming of Age, Chronic Illness, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, with you by author Lauren Saikkonen! This book is an autobiography that covers Lauren’s entire life, but heavily focuses on her battle with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ME, and fibromyalgia.  You can purchase this

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