Category: Awareness

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Office of Long COVID at HHS Closing

Ian Simon, the head of the Long COVID Office at Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released the following statement to coworkers: Dear Colleagues, We are writing to let you know that the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will be closing as part of the administration’s reorganization coming this week. We are

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Trump Cuts Funding for ME/CFS Centers at Columbia University

We are writing to you with an urgent call to action. The Trump administration has cut funding for the Center for Solutions for ME/CFS at Columbia University as part of a broader $400 million funding termination at the university. This devastating decision includes the loss of NIH funding for one of the nation’s few Collaborative Research

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Volunteer’s Bakery Spreads ME Awareness + Raises Funds

#MEAction Georgia volunteer, Cory Anderson-Sweeney, uses her Baby Deer Bakery to spread awareness about ME and her Cookie of the Month Club to help raise funds for #MEAction. We were inspired by her journey and we hope you will enjoy the scrumptious look into her story in her own words. Here’s the delicious morsel: When

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#MEAction & Mayo Clinic Projects Continue – New Grant Awarded

Given the rapidly changing landscape at the federal level, we recognize that the road ahead may bring some changes for patient advocacy. Even in this evolving environment, we’re excited to share some positive news: #MEAction and the Mayo Clinic have been awarded the Sigma 2024 American Nurses Credentialing Center Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Grant awarded by

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You’re Invited: The Beth Mazur Innovation Prize Fundraiser

You are cordially invited to The Beth Mazur Innovation Prize Fundraiser on Wednesday, November 13th at 2pm PST/5pm EST. Beth Mazur, who co-founded #MEAction was a kind and compassionate human being. She cared deeply about the ME and the Long COVID communities. She also cared deeply about innovation, new creative ways to solve problems that

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Facets of ME: Travel Tips

Welcome to August’s Facets of ME! If you are unfamiliar, #FacetsOfME is a new #MEAction feature this year where we take time to explore one facet or aspect of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). Sometimes it is a symptom and sometimes it is a unique aspect many of us face living with ME. So far we have

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