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As we come into cold and flu season, many of us will be hit by a virus once, twice or even more. But imagine if one of these ailments dragged on for weeks, leaving you with that lingering sick feeling ...

Scientists are growing concerned that infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be triggering more cases of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). A new study has found that six ...

For many years, data in the ME/CFS field only assessed the occurrence of symptoms, but in the 1990s, it was apparent that the somatic symptoms in the ME/CFS criteria were very common in the general ...

A recent CDC-funded paper in the Journal of Clinical Medicine suggests that the agency's Fukuda empirical criteria for diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) identified ...

An estimated two million people in England and Scotland were experiencing symptoms of long COVID as of March 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics. Of these, 1.5 million said the ...

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Recently published article on study findings underscores links between study participants infected with SARS-CoV-2 and the incidence of ME/CFS The early-onset broad-spectrum antiviral effect of ...

On Monday, September 19, 2022, #MeAction Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID activists protested to address the crisis in the country with post-viral diseases.