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CCI Support Launches Matched Giving Campaign & Silent Auction To Support Aotearoa’s ‘Invisible’ Community Bay Of Plenty
Press Release – Complex Chronic Illness Support in New Zealand. To help protect its essential services, CCI Support has launched two major fundraising initiatives: a Matched Giving Campaign and a Silent Auction featuring artwork and handmade items created by members.
International Long COVID Awareness 2026 Monday 9 March – Sunday 15 March
During the week Emerge Australia will invite the community to participate in a series of initiatives around the theme Breaking Barriers, Building Support. With the aim of raising awareness and support for the long COVID and ME/CFS communities.
Walking Downstairs Left Me Exhausted, Now I'm Running A Marathon To Say Thanks
In just 7 weeks’ time Luke Frith will be taking on the biggest challenge of his life — running the London Marathon 2026. Here's why.
Rosetta Stone Study – Summary: Three Month Update
The Rosetta Stone Study, led by Professor Danny Altmann and Professor Rosemary Boyton at Imperial College London, is a £1.2 million ME Association–funded project investigating shared and distinct biological mechanisms in ME/CFS and Long Covid. Three months into the project, Professor Altmann provided an update covering progress, challenges, recruitment, and next steps.
Interviews With 14 Recovered Adults Map Common Steps Out Of Long-Term Fatigue
For people who have recovered from diagnoses characterized by persistent fatigue, a new understanding of symptoms seems to have been key to recovery. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The researchers have identified common steps and turning points in patients' stories, which can contribute to new ways of understanding and rehabilitating these conditions. The paper is published in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care.
Glymphatic System Dysregulation As A Key Contributor To Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Research published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Trial By Error: Norway’s Problematic Draft Guideline Combining Long-Term Fatigue And ME/CFS
An article by US journalist and ME/CS advocate David Tuller.
New Insights Aided Recovery From Persistent Fatigue
For people who have recovered from diagnoses characterised by persistent fatigue, a new understanding of symptoms seems to have been key to recovery. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The researchers have identified common steps and turning points in patients’ stories, which can contribute to new ways of understanding and rehabilitating these conditions.
Chronic fatigue Over Chronic Fatigue Reform
Long covid was the focus for Australian lawmakers, clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience at the annual parliamentary friends of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue yndrome (ME/CFS) gathering.
PRESS RELEASE: Is The Royal Australian College Of GPs Harming Patients?
Is the Royal Australian College of GPs harming patients? An article in the Australian Journal of General Practice criticises the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) for recommending a therapy that harms up to 75% of patients. Peak patient body Emerge reports that some patients experience irreparable harm.
Forging Ahead On Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is one of the most challenging chronic pain conditions to treat. Historically stigmatised and its existence still doubted by some physicians, patients often experience substantial diagnostic delays. Insufficient understanding of disease mechanisms and patient heterogeneity means that no drug treatment provides substantial benefit in fibromyalgia, prompting the search for new interventions. Research into disease mechanisms forges onwards, with new discoveries providing hope for improved patient outcomes.
Pilates Instructor Who Overcame Chronic Illness Opens First Fully Equipped Studio In Stafford
A Stafford pilates instructor, who rebuilt her career after a serious illness, has opened the town’s first fully equipped Pilates studio. Emma Davey, founder of Nourish Pilates, has launched her studio at the Stafford Business Innovation Centre (BIC) run by Staffordshire County Council. This follows her recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a condition that forced her to step away from a career she loved.