International ME Awareness Day and World ME Day 2024 12th May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) International Awareness Day and is also promoted as World ME Day. On this important day, organisations and individuals recognise and support the millions of people world-wide who are affected by ME/CFS and other chronic immunological and neurologic diseases by raising public awareness. In fact, 12th May is […]
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Blue Sunday 2024 and Concert Anna Redshaw’s ‘Blue Sunday’ Tea Party For M.E. in aid of various ME charities (including ME Research UK) will be held on Sunday 19th May 2024. Since its launch in 2013, the initiative has raised over £100,000 for charities. The premise is simple. As the perfect accompliment a virtual concert is available to grace the […]
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Delivery Plan Publication Update At a meeting of the ME/CFS Delivery Plan Research Workgroup today, the following update was authorised for realease – Lee McGill (DHSC) joined the Research Working Group today to share an update on the Delivery Plan. We were pleased to hear there has been considerable work happening in the background to process the extremely high […]
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Griffith University ME/CFS and long COVID conference In November last year, the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases at Griffith University in Australia hosted the third ME/CFS and long COVID International Conference. The conference featured presentations from a host of eminent scientist, including ME Research UK-funded researchers, Dr Leighton Barnden and Dr Kiran Thapaliya. Videos of the presentations are now available […]
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UK Parliamentary Question on ME/CFS funding Inadequate funding of ME/CFS biomedical reseach has been an issue for decades and recognised as such by researchers, parliamentarians, people with ME, and by charites. Reports and parliamentary debates (for example, at Westminster, Hollyrood, and at the European Parliament) have called for levels of funding to be increased to reflect both prevalence and impact of […]
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