PBS NewsHour: Brief But Spectacular - Rivka Solomon
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- Last Updated: 28 April 2021 28 April 2021
Watch: PBS NewsHour video (4 min.) on ME/CFS and Long COVID, with MassME’s Rivka Solomon.
2021-04 April Newsletter
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- Last Updated: 17 April 2021 17 April 2021
Dear Friend,
In this month's newsletter:
- Community Appreciation Event, April 29, 7 PM (ET)
- US ME/CFS Clinician Coalition Recommendations
- International ME/CFS Awareness Day, May 12
- CDC Stakeholder Call, May 13, 3 PM (ET)
- MGH Research Study Seeking Participants
- Volunteer Spotlight
- Support Groups in April
Long COVID - Lessons Learned from ME/CFS
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- Last Updated: 09 June 2022 09 June 2022
What is Long COVID?
As of mid-February, 2022, over 78 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the U.S., with well over 900,000 deaths(1).
About 10 – 20% of people who have COVID-19, including people who have only mild symptoms, do not fully recover. Many of these people experience a variety of symptoms for many months. This is being called “Long COVID.”
Estimates from January, 2022, are that 20 million or more people in the U.S. have developed Long COVID. In Massachusetts 387,000 people may have Long COVID(2).
Long COVID is a “post-viral” illness.
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Notice about names
The Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association would like to clarify the use of the various acronyms for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) on this site. When we generate our own articles on the illness, we will refer to it as ME/CFS, the term now generally used in the United States. When we are reporting on someone else’s report, we will use the term they use. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies, including the CDC, are currently using ME/CFS.
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association changed its name in July, 2018, to reflect this consensus.