From Facebook:
We are delighted to announce that MEAction UK has officially become an independent, registered UK charity. This marks a new chapter in our journey to secure better recognition, research and support for people with ME right here in the UK.
Why we’ve made this change
Over the...
ME Research UK:
In recent weeks, ME Research UK has unveiled the plans from individual Scottish Health Boards for those with ME/CFS, long COVID, and similar conditions.
Now collated - you can easily explore and see what is planned in your area...
ME Research UK Facebook:
This year, to mark the 25th anniversary of the charity ME Research UK sponsored the 2025 IACFS/ME virtual poster competition.
Congratulations to the well-deserved winners of the competition, Ms. Jolien Hendrix and Ms. Anne E. Gardella!
Jolien Hendrix is a PhD...
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7375668/v1
Persistent Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Long COVID: clinical and laboratory insights from a Two-Year Cohort
Arlene dos Santos Pinto University of the State of Amazonas Victor Irungu Mwangi Universidade do Estado Do Amazonas Juliana Costa...
Free fulltext:
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/975545
Hommes, Maaike. "Towards a Theory of Unexplained Illness: Shame, Pride, and Johanna Hedva's "Sick Woman Theory"." Literature and Medicine 43, no. 1 (2025): 95-117. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lm.2025.a975545.
Towards a Theory of Unexplained...
Free fulltext: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/975548
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/975548/pdf
Shame, (In)visibility, and Ill Feelings
Katharine Cheston
Abstract:
Alice Hattrick’s Ill Feelings (2021) is a “genre-bending” long-form essay; its title’s dual meaning underlines the entanglement of...
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https://medicalmojo.co.uk/what-is-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/
I haven't read it myself.
Merged thread
"Bizarre Structures Inside Blood May Be Responsible for Long COVID". Video from YouTuber with 1.54M followers
0:00 Long COVID updates 2:00 New study uncovers something new 2:50 What we know about Long COVID so far 4:35 Clotting effects and microclots 7:30 What seems to be...
Tate WP, Peppercorn K, Bowden N, Charlton F. Managing chronic fatigue conditions with overlapping symptoms, and the health policies and social services supporting those affected.
Med Res Arch. 2025 Dec 1;13(11)...
Tate WP, Peppercorn K, Bowden N, Charlton F. Managing chronic fatigue conditions with overlapping symptoms, and the health policies and social services supporting those affected.
Med Res Arch. 2025 Dec 1;13(11).
https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/7104...
FM-TIPS, an NIH Collaboratory Trial.
TIPS: Tens in Physical Therapy Study
Go to,
https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/demonstration-projects/fm-tips/
https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/december-2-2025-community-engagement-strategies-boost-rural-enrollment-in-fm-tips-fibromyalgia-trial/...
Lots of mentions of ME/CFS in full paper though it is not explicitly mentioned in the press release
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1107346
News Release 4-Dec-2025
To treat long COVID, we must learn from historical chronic illnesses, medical researchers say
Peer-Reviewed Publication...
Lucassen PJ.
How does our brain adapt to a
changing and often challenging
environment? How can we
conceptualize brain plasticity
in relation to (early) stress,
nutrition, exercise, inflammation,
and diseases such as depression
and dementia...
https://precisionlife.com/news-and-events/me-genetics-study
PRESS RELEASE
Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with long COVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities
The study reinforces that ME is a complex multisystemic condition...
I see he has his own page on the government website
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/peter-white
Professor Peter White
Contents
Biography
Biography
Peter White OBE MD FRCP FRCPsych is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at Queen Mary University of London. He...
Apologies if there are any duplicates, I’m just copying from elsewhere.
Post-Covid/Lyme/Q-fever/ME-demonstration in The Hague, The Netherlands,
against research cuts by Dutch government.
Go to NOS News report [at 2:20 in Dutch]...
MEA FB:
APPG 10th December meeting – agenda update
As joint Secretariat for the APPG on ME, we have been asked to communicate a change to the agenda for the upcoming meeting.
Following the recent Westminster Hall Debate and Overlapping Illness Alliance drop-in, the APPG would like to ensure...
AfME Facebook:
Overlapping Illness Alliance parliamentary drop-in update
Over 50 MPs, Peers, and their colleagues attended the Overlapping Illness Alliance's drop-in event in Parliament yesterday!
The event raised much needed awareness and understanding of the impact of the illnesses...
ME Research UK:
✉️ ME Research UK's November e-newsletter will have been delivered today to the inboxes of everyone on our e-newsletter list.
The e-newsletter is also available online (https://tinyurl.com/5n78cbf4) but why not SIGN UP? - https://tinyurl.com/446tx7w5 As with all our...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-025-12182-w
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of Norwegians who report persistent health complaints attributed to tick bites or tick-borne diseases
Research
Open access
Published: 27 November 2025
Volume 25, article number 1663, (2025)...
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