For those too often dismissed, Rosie takes on the London Marathon
Next year, Rosie won’t just be a spectator at the London Marathon – she’ll be on the course herself, running 26.2 miles in aid of ME Research UK.
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1st International Conference on Clinical and Scientific Advances in ME/CFS and Long COVID, Lisbon – Highlights (Part 2)
Key points History of ME/CFS Medical doctor and research fellow, Dr Susan Levine, set the tone for the conference with an overview of the history of ME/CFS following various infectious outbreaks. She mentioned that the majority of ME/CFS cases are thought to be due to an acute viral illness but in a minority of cases […]
What can long COVID research tell us about ME/CFS?
Cort Johnson from the Health Rising blog looks at the potential links between long COVID and ME/CFS, and whether the massive surge of interest in the former will ultimately benefit people with ME/CFS. The most important question facing ME/CFS right now might not be whether or not a virus or inflammation or blood vessel damage is present, […]
Will long COVID mean a new focus on understanding post-acute infection syndromes?
A recent article in the The Lancet Health Regional Europe suggests that the emergence of long COVID presents an opportunity to focus, or perhaps re-focus, on post-acute infection syndromes – otherwise known as post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). The journal warns that since COVID-19 rates are set to increase this winter, the UK Government needs to implement a public health […]
BBC Panorama – Long Covid: Will I Ever Get Better?
BBC’s ‘Panorama’ programme, ‘Long Covid: Will I Ever Get Better?’ aired on BBC One on 12th July 2021 and is available for 11 months on BBC iPlayer (UK only). The Guardian amongst other newspapers covering the story but concentrating on the hope for a diagnostic blood test. The programme centred on BBC journalist Lucy Adams’ […]
Management of post COVID-19 fatigue
ME/CFS NICE guideline review committee members and others (including ME Research UK Patron and Chairman of Forward-ME Group, the Countess of Mar) have written an open letter to NICE expressing their concerns over the broad-based advice given by some healthcare professionals to those with longer-term symptoms arising from COVID-19 – in particular fatigue – and […]
ME Research UK – e-newsletter April 2026
Long COVID prevalence: A complex issue In a series of articles, ME Research UK took a closer, unbiased look at existing estimates of long COVID prevalence, and, most importantly, the limitations of the studies that do exist which highlight just how complex the question of long COVID prevalence actually is. Knowing the proportion of people […]
ME Research UK – e-newsletter March 2026
New funding award: Immune exhaustion in ME/CFS ME Research UK is delighted to have awarded funding to Dr Andrea Polli and Prof. Lode Godderis at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium for a project investigating immune exhaustion in ME/CFS. Together with PhD student Yanthe Buntinx, the team will explore whether the immune […]
International Women’s Day 2026
Key points Introduction International Women’s Day (IWD) is both a call to accelerate progress toward gender equality and a moment to highlight discrimination based on sex, and its consequences. In 2025, Professor Chris Ponting, lead of the DecodeME study and an ME Research UK-funded researcher, stated that ME/CFS research has been delayed due to “medical misogyny” — systemic prejudice […]
NIHR/MRC Post-Infection Conditions Research Showcase
On 6th November 2015, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) co-hosted a research showcase to discuss and explore ongoing research in the fields of ME/CFS and long COVID, at the Royal College of Physicians, London. The event brought together research funders, commercial and academic researchers, clinicians, […]
