Tag Archives: Guardian
World ME Alliance asks WHO to recognise ME
World ME Alliance calls on WHO Director General to recognise ME alongside Long Covid On Wednesday 12th October Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, wrote an op-ed in the Guardian. In it, he lays clear … Continue reading
Long Covid: overlap emerges with ME – including debate over treatment
Guardian article: Long Covid: overlap emerges with ME – including debate over treatment by Linda Geddes, Science correspondent, Thu 19 Nov 2020 This article features people with long Covid, and looks at the similarities in symptoms of ME and … Continue reading
Yet more research shows CFS is real. When will health services catch up?
The Guardian opinion piece, by Naomi Chainey, 21 March 2017: Yet more research shows chronic fatigue syndrome is real. When will health services catch up? Despite hopeful research, it will be years before chronic fatigue syndrome is taken seriously by GPs … Continue reading
Employment support cuts could affect 45,000 disabled jobseekers, says report
Guardian news article, 24 October 2016: Employment support cuts could affect 45,000 disabled jobseekers, says report Association warns schemes set to replace current government programmes are dramatically smaller Fewer disabled people will have access to specialist employment support due to … Continue reading
My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME
Guardian article by Nathalie Wright & Alice Woolley, 18 October 2016: My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME For centuries Oxford has ‘rusticated’ students – expelled them to their family home in the country – … Continue reading
Prof Peter White says: If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer
Guardian opinion piece, by Peter White, 20 September 2016: ‘If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer’ Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome have been neglected too long. But our Pace trials show the right talking and … Continue reading
WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 10 August 2016: WCA tests “significantly” biased against poorer disabled people ESA work capability assessment (WCA) tests are “significantly biased” against claimants in poor areas of the country, according to new research. The Guardian today … Continue reading
ME Awareness in the media May 2016
She knows article, by Stephanie Land, 12 May 2016: Chronic fatigue syndrome is so much more than exhaustion [Chronic fatigue syndrome is a deadly disease that has very little to do with fatigue] Independent article, by Jason Reed, 12 May 2016: … Continue reading
What I’m really thinking: the person with ME
Guardian article, by Anonymous, 16 April 2016: What I’m really thinking: the person with ME It is sometimes called chronic fatigue syndrome, but that’s a bit of a misnomer. I’m not just tired I have myalgic encephalomyelitis. If you think it … Continue reading
Plans to cut ESA by £30 defeated in House of Lords
Guardian article, by Patrick Butler, 27 January 2016 Tories defeated in Lords over plans to cut ESA by £30 a week Peers vote by 283 to 198 to send proposal back to Commons, in second welfare and work bill setback for … Continue reading