George Monbiot spoke with Dr Charles Shepherd before publishing a very good article about the lessons that should be learnt from ME/CFS for those now suffering from Post or Long-Covid.
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Parliamentary debate on Long-Covid: What should be learned from ME/CFS?
Carol Monaghan raised awareness of the similarity in symptoms and management of Long-Covid and ME/CFS in the recent debate in parliament.
ME Awareness Week: let’s celebrate as a community but keep it smart – and apart!
Please #GoBlue4ME with us. It’s an easy way to join ME Awareness Week 2021.
‘Full-up’ signs in place as medical students let us unpack the mysteries of ME/CFS
We were delighted to receive this invitation to speak to the Cambridge University General Practice Society.
A lockdown quiz took Ja to this extreme cycling challenge
Ja Bowie hopes to take on one of amateur cycling’s most extreme challenges in May 2021.
The lockdown good night in that became Claire’s huge quiz party
Hundreds of people have attended Claire’s virtual quiz nights since she launched them last year.
MEA Monthly Poll: Will you have the COVID-19 vaccine?
We want to hear your views about having the Covid-19 vaccination and we’d welcome your feedback if you have already had the vaccine.
Last year, something wonderful started to happen for Jennifer Dillon
Jennifer will be a running a 10k event that will be incredibly meaningful to her and her family in 2021.
Free Leaflet: Covid-19 Vaccine Update by Dr Charles Shepherd
Dr Shepherd discusses the Covid-19 vaccination programme and issues relevant to people with ME/CFS
ME Association writes to chief medical officer about vaccine priority for ME/CFS
The ME Association has written to Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, to seek clarification on COVID-19 vaccine priority for people with ME/CFS Dear Professor Whitty and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, The ME Association is starting to hear from people with ME/CFS who are […]
Kara Jane joins legendary superstar Dolly Parton on BBC radio, 28 December 2020
Our singing superstar Kara Jane appears with Dolly Parton on the BBC local radio network on Monday, 28 December. Times vary: see our story.
‘Tis the season to take care of one another – happy Christmas everyone!
A Christmas wish to you all – look after each other and please… stay safe! See you one the other side of the New Year.
No illusion now! Here are two MEA-backed films coming soon to screens near you
The Applecart Arts Centre in Upton Park, East London, where ‘Illusions of Liberty’ will be staged next February.
Thank you for helping with our formal response to NICE!
The ME Association has submitted its formal response to NICE as part of the stakeholder consultation for the new ME/CFS clinical guideline.
ME Association slams lack of recognition for ME/CFS in new guideline on Long Covid
ME Association slams the absence of ME/CFS references in NICE’s new emergency guideline on Long Covid
New Leaflet: Pensions – obtaining an ill-health pension, prognosis & permanency in ME/CFS
We have published a new leaflet to help people who want to claim early retirement on the grounds of ill-health because of ME/CFS.
The Lancet still doesn’t seem to recognise the surge in post-COVID ME/CFS illness
We take issue with an editorial about the long-term effects of Long COVID in this weekend’s edition of The Lancet.
BMJ Rapid Response: Long-Covid & ME/CFS by Dr Nina Muirhead
Nina Muirhead, SAS Doctor Dermatology Surgery, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street Extracts Re: Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly Dear Editor, I strongly echo this sentiment from my long COVID colleagues about assessing and investigating patients properly and would like to add that doctors must also diagnose patients properly. […]
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, safety and ME/CFS – what we know so far
by Dr Charles Shepherd, Medical Adviser, ME Association With the start of vaccination against COVID-19 occurring this week, we are receiving queries about where people with ME/CFS will be on the priority list. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has produced a list of different groups of people in the order that they […]
Forward-ME call for health warning to be put on existing NICE guideline for ME/CFS
Influential campaign group calls for graded exercise warning to be put on existing NICE guideline for ME/CFS.