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Pillow Crafters Showcase: Healing Themes—The Wildflower Process
Experience the Pillow Crafters Showcase: Healing Themes—The Wildflower Process, a showcase of resilience, creativity, and the many ways we reclaim our identities after an ME/CFS diagnosis.
Mar 6, 20251 min read
Press Release: Cochrane Library Faces Backlash Over ME/CFS Review Cancellation
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.
Jan 31, 20253 min read


#MEAction announces its updated Global Directory!
Earlier in the year, we first started working on revamping our global directory at #MEAction, and we’re pleased and proud to debut the new tool today!Ollie, a volunteer with #MEAction, joined me in April to implement some much-needed changes. We worked together on the Directory, meeting every other week, for several months– making sure it did what we needed to do, and delivered a polished look. Ollie and I are incredibly excited to be able to settle the Directory into its new
Dec 4, 20232 min read


Facets of ME: Centering ME During the Holidays
Welcome to the final #FacetsOfME for 2022, where we focus on centering ME during the holidays!
Dec 8, 202216 min read


Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Complexities of Vaccines and Chronic Illness
It has been over a year since the COVID-19 vaccine became available, and a subset of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are reporting adverse effects from getting vaccines and boosters from all manufacturers. There are also rare reports of people without pre-existing conditions developing Long COVID and ME/CFS symptoms after getting a COVID vaccine, and we suspect the same underlying immunological response is at play.Vaccines save lives
Sep 1, 202210 min read


Facets of ME: Travel Tips
Check out these tips on traveling with ME in this month's #FacetsofME feature.
Aug 26, 202214 min read


Facets of ME: Temperature Dysregulation
Learn more about temperature dysregulation in this month's #FacetsofME feature.
Jun 23, 20227 min read


Email Doctor Unger about the Misinformation at CDC
People with ME deserve accurate ME/CFS education from the Centers for Disease Control, not discredited recommendations for CBT and GET.
May 27, 20223 min read


#MillionsMissing: Videos Created by our Amazing Community
This year’s #MillionsMissing, our community created some amazing videos that we are privileged to highlight. This is just a small sampling of the amazing videos that were shared with us. It would be impossible to include them all, but we thank you all for sharing!
May 26, 20221 min read


#MillionsMissing MAY 2022 Wrap Up
Thank you for illustrating our common thread so that our governments and institutions can respond to this health crisis.
May 25, 20225 min read


Exciting news about Mayo Clinic!
We’ve got some very exciting news this week!Clinicians working at the Long COVID clinic at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota met with #MEAction to discuss treatment, research and improved community engagement for people with ME! They reached out to us because they were interested in engaging with a national patient-led organization with strong community ties.Mayo Clinic is a leader in clinical care in the United States. Many healthcare providers in the US and beyon
May 17, 20221 min read


New Volunteer Leadership Program Led by Experts!
We are thrilled to announce that Chimére Smith and Terri Wilder will be joining #MEAction as consultants to execute a new volunteer leadership training program funded by the Ford Foundation! We are so thrilled that we will be able to expand our volunteer programs to include robust training and provide fulfilling roles and opportunities for anyone who wants to work with us, become an activist with us, or provide support for a growing community. We are so privileged to have Chi
May 10, 20223 min read


Facets of ME: Loneliness
Welcome to April’s #FacetsOfME where we will focus on loneliness and how this illness affects our need for connection and relationships.
Apr 8, 202218 min read


Facets of ME: Cognitive Dysfunction
Learn more about cognitive dysfunction in this months #FacetsofME feature.
Mar 10, 20228 min read


Facets of ME: Post-Exertional Malaise
When discussing the facets of ME, it seems almost impossible to start with anything other than post-exertional malaise (PEM).
Feb 2, 20224 min read


Facets of ME
When discussing the facets of ME, it seems almost impossible to start with anything other than post-exertional malaise (PEM).
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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