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ME Essential Spring 2026

Question

Please could you clarify whether the main remit of the ME Association is to provide information and support for people with ME/CFS. While I fully appreciate that people with Long Covid also need care and support, as well as research, I’m not clear whether the MEA is now splitting its resources between both conditions.

Answer

I can assure you that the prime focus of the MEA is to improve the lives of people with ME/CFS as well as funding biomedical research into the cause and management/treatment of ME/CFS.

However, as most people with Long Covid have an ME/CFS component, and many people with Long Covid meet diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS, we are also there to help these people and to fund research that relates to the clinical and pathological overlaps between the two conditions.

This also explains why on our social media we cover important clinical and research developments on Long Covid where they also relate to ME/CFS.

We also have contact with the Long Covid charities and Long Covid physicians.

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We recommend that the medical information is discussed with your doctor. It is not intended to be a substitute for personalised medical advice or treatment. You should consult your doctor whenever a new symptom arises, or an existing symptom worsens. It is important to obtain medical advice that considers other causes and possible treatments. Do not assume that new or worsened symptoms are solely because of ME/CFS or Long Covid.

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