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Press Release: Advocates Urge Administration to Reinstate Long COVID Advisory Committee
#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.
Mar 6, 20252 min read


Senate HELP Committee Shows Strong Support for Long COVID
The U.S. Senate HELP Committee held a hearing on Long COVID yesterday to discuss advancing research and improving patient care.
Jan 19, 20244 min read


Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Long COVID
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
Jan 17, 20242 min read


#MEAction and Long COVID Justice Issue Press Statement about NIH Failure of Long COVID
#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
Aug 23, 20232 min read


#MEAction & Body Politic: We Are Stronger Together
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
Jul 20, 20232 min read


Long COVID & ME/CFS Communities to Demonstrate TODAY on National Mall
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.
May 12, 20236 min read


#MillionsMissing Press Hits are Rolling In!
The press hits are rolling in! The media showed up in a big way yesterday to cover our #MillionsMissing protest in front of the White House. One day after President Biden declared the “pandemic is over,” our community was at the gates of the White House to send Biden a message that a pandemic of chronic disease rages on. Protesters called on President Biden to declare Long COVID and ME a national emergency, and to provide all the urgent, full-scale resources for addressing t
Sep 20, 20223 min read


Americans Disabled By Long COVID and ME/CFS Protest Biden’s Claim that “Pandemic Is Over.”
Protesters disabled by Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) are protesting at the White House sidewalk TODAY at 12 p.m. ET to say that the “pandemic is not over,” and to call on President Biden to declare Long COVID and ME/CFS a national emergency.
Sep 19, 20224 min read


LONG COVID and ME/CFS Activists Plan Civil Disobedience Protest at White House on Sept. 19
The LONG COVID and ME/CFS community are planning a protest in front of the White House this Monday, Sept. 19th at 12 p.m. ET to demand that the Biden administration declare Long COVID and ME/CFS a national emergency.#MEAction is organizing a protest of people sick and disabled from Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) who are willing to put their bodies on the line, this Monday, Sept. 19th at 12pm ET on the White House sidewalk, 1600 Pe
Sep 13, 20223 min read


Telebriefing was a Success!
Experts at the #MEAction briefing linked long COVID to myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and urged NIH to research both conditions together.
Mar 29, 20213 min read
Meet the Millions Missing – Protest to Raise Awareness of ME in Scotland
Press Release Details of the Event Millions Missing Edinburgh protest is being held from 1200-1400 on Friday 12th May outside the...
May 12, 20174 min read
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