The sole Long COVID clinic of North Carolina closed last week after its federal funding ran out.

Sick and disabled people are protesting today, Monday, May 12th at the Capitol to tell Congress that forcing chronically ill people to work in order to keep their Medicaid healthcare will only make our country sicker and more reliant on government services. 

#MEAction and PLRC delivered a letter to HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. this past week, calling for him to reinstate the Long COVID Advisory Committee.

Cochrane Library has abandoned an independent analysis of its 2019 review of exercise therapy for ME/CFS, and altered the date to appear current when it's sources are actually 10 years old or more.

The U.S. Senate HELP Committee held a hearing on Long COVID yesterday to discuss advancing research and improving patient care.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions will host a hearing on addressing Long COVID, advancing research and improving patient care TOMORROW, Thurs. 18 at 10 a.m. ET. Watch the hearing and find more details HERE.  Angela Meriquez Vázquez, M.S.W. will be one of three stellar advocates testifying about her personal experience with Long COVID. Vázquez is the former President of Body Politic, a grassroots health justice organization at the forefront of Lo

#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. In the press release, we wrote about the great need to trial pharmacological drugs that have already shown promise in the M

Announcing #MEAction and Body Politic’s new collaboration: we are excited to announce that #MEAction will now host Body Politic’s advocacy work as a project of #MEAction. Many of you know that Body Politic’s support group has officially closed. This was a devastating loss to the community – we know so much of the Long COVID and ME community have mourned the shutdown of their wonderful space and continue to grieve this loss. #MEAction knew we must keep the advocacy work alive

Washington, DC – The ME/CFS and Long COVID communities will demonstrate today with the installation of 300 cots on the National Mall to represent the millions of people missing from their lives due to post-infectious disease. We are the #MillionsMissing. 

Press Release Details of the Event Millions Missing Edinburgh protest is being held from 1200-1400 on Friday 12th May outside the...