We encourage you to share the Mayo Clinic Proceedings Continuing Medical Education (CME) course on ME/CFS with your doctor! It is a wonderful opportunity for your clinician to get their continuing education credits, and learn about ME at the same time! Clinicians are often appreciative to receive these materials! We’ve created an email template for you to
Breaking news! #MEAction has just been awarded a 3-year grant by the Long COVID Program of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to address the impacts of Long COVID, ME/CFS, and related conditions, across the state and to serve disproportionately impacted communities. #MEAction’s work will focus on better connecting Minnesotans with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and
Quick Overview: Submit one piece of artwork – image, writing, or video Label your artwork with your name as you want it to appear, an underscore, and the number of years with severe ME Example: Lastname_FirstName_14 FirstNameOnly_ No copyrighted material If you are submitting a video, it must be under two minutes. Submission due by
In honor of Pride Month, #MEAction is sharing a heartfelt message from our board member, Jennifer England, about what Pride means to her and her wife who lives with severe ME. My wife and I have both been queer our whole lives, but in the 70s that was the quiet part you didn’t say out
We are THRILLED to share the rolling successes of our #TeachMETreatME campaign with you, as we report back on the amazing medical education events that have taken place so far – with many more to come in the upcoming months! (And don’t miss the global #MillionsMissing events later in the article!) Over the past several
We are excited to announce the kick-off of #MillionsMissing 2024 – our ongoing campaign to Teach ME and Treat ME by educating medical providers across our nation’s hospital systems and medical schools about myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Throughout the spring, summer and fall, #MEAction teams are hosting 13 medical education events to encourage medical providers to
We are thrilled to share with you that Jaime Seltzer, #MEAction’s Scientific Director, has been selected for TIME100 Health 2024, TIME’s new annual list of 100 individuals who most influenced global health this year! This is a huge honor based on years of work fighting for equity for people with ME. We intimately know the
#MEAction is once again thrilled to share a new book, Invisible Illness: Coming of Age, Chronic Illness, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, with you by author Lauren Saikkonen! This book is an autobiography that covers Lauren’s entire life, but heavily focuses on her battle with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ME, and fibromyalgia. You can purchase this
#MEAction and Body Politic* are excited to collaborate with Home Test To Treat to share their critically important resource! Acute COVID-19 treatment and testing is unfortunately becoming harder and harder to access with the U.S. government public health emergency having been declared ended. The Home Test To Treat pilot program is a way to fill
#MEAction is excited to announce community member, Elizabeth Ansell, created a new website, #NotJustFatigue, launching today, March 1, 2024! This website was created with the hopes it will help describe ME to those who do not know anything about ME. It is a site for people to share with their family and friends. #MEAction is
