Acknowledge those suffering from Chronic Illnesses.
July 9, 2015
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I have started a petition as I feel the general public need to be more educated on chronic illnesses.
Category: Advocacy
Behind the Numbers of the #MEAction Funding Equality Petition
June 22, 2015
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Why $250,000,000 in research funding? The #MEAction flagship Funding Equality Petition is called “Tell Congress to Support Funding Equality for ME” because we’re asking the United States Congress increase NIH Research funding for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) to $250 million per year. Most patients, doctors, and researchers in the ME/CFS community agree
A Job for a Lone Congress Member – Speak Up for ME/CFS, a Forgotten Disease
June 4, 2015
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Contact your Congressional Delegation – Share Llewellyn King’s article and ask them to speak up for ME/CFS Please find your Congressional delegation by typing your zip code, then copy and paste the following text into the contact forms. [button_color url=”http://www.contactingthecongress.org” content=”Contact your Congressional Delegation” target=””] Attention: Legislative Assistant for Health Please read the following article
Take Action for Equal Funding at NIH
May 15, 2015
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Join hundreds of patients in emailing Secretary of Health Burwell and NIH Director Collins for Equal Funding for ME/CFS!
More NIH Funding Needed for ME/CFS Research!
May 13, 2015
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According to the recent Institute of Medicine report, up to 2.5 million Americans have chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Patients with ME/CFS are more functionally impaired than those with other disabling illnesses, including congestive heart failure, multiple sclerosis, and end-stage renal disease. The NIH funds ME/CFS at $5 million per year, and that amount is estimated by