Tag: Pandemic

Carol Monaghan raised awareness of the similarity in symptoms and management of Long-Covid and ME/CFS in the recent debate in parliament.

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.

Dr Shepherd discusses the Covid-19 vaccination programme and issues relevant to people with 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

There has been good news in recent days about potential vaccines for Covid-19 that could see an end to restrictions for people in the UK by Easter 2021…

We have updated the range of free leaflets about Covid-19/ME/CFS and the current restrictions and include a new leaflet aimed at Students…

We attempt to summarise the situation in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as it relates to people with ME/CFS.

“We do know long Covid does not stop at the Scottish border. We need specialist clinics to get diagnostics in place and see if and how we can treat people.” Dr Charles Shepherd.

Dr Charles Shepherd wrote a piece for The Virginia Waters Magazine where he shared his insights into Post-Long Covid-19.

In an announcement that was delayed due to the pandemic, Scotland has now issued a cautionary notice on the use of GET in ME/CFS.

The ME Association appeared in several media publications at the weekend sharing opinion about Long-Covid and the proposed new specialist clinics.

Charlie Russell, 27, is one of an estimated 600,000 people with post-Covid illness, a condition that may give an insight into ME – with Dr Charles Shepherd.

We update our general leaflet on Covid-19 and ME/CFS and this is reproduced below along with all our range of free leaflets about the infection and lockdown.

The ME Association said many people are asking whether or not their post-Covid fatigue could be developing into ME.

For people with ME/CFS going back to work. Discusses the Returning to Work Risk Assessments.

“There is abundant evidence that ME/CFS can follow apparently infectious illnesses of uncertain cause, or a clearly diagnosed infectious illness…”

We provide a weekly update on Covid-19 in a new free leaflet and a letter about vulnerability to be used when required.

Dr Shepherd provides another update and comprehensive guidance for people with ME/CFS.