Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 15h🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers discussed in the last week on the Science for ME forum. 28 Sep - 4 Oct 2026 172
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 18hOur latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of Sept. 28 - Oct 4: s4me.info/threads/news... #MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLCs4me.infoNews in Brief - September 2026This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in September 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news. 0127
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 191757877
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our paper about the challenges and opportunities in decentralized clinical trials for #LongCOVID is out! We discuss the regulatory, clinical, & disease-specific challenges we faced in building a clinical trial network for Long COVID. Please read and share with your networks! 🧪frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Facilitators and barriers to decentralized Long COVID platform clinical trials using repurposed drugsLong COVID is an emerging chronic condition that results in substantial impairments in quality of life, physical function, and ability to maintain gainful em... 27032
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsErin Lee @erinmarilee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026On Sunday October 11, Nate and I will compete in The Big Sit to raise funds for #MECFS research and we’d love your help! The Big Sit is a birding event where you try to find as many species as possible while sitting in a 17 foot circle. There are 2 ways you can help: 3126
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are thrilled to bring you 2 new webinars from Denise Lopez- Majano & Kim Moy. "Things We Caregivers Wish We Had Known" w/ Denise on Nov. 1 at 3pm ET. “Being on the Same Team: Strengthening Relationships Through Chronic Illness” w/ Kim on Nov. 15 at 3 pm ET. Registration coming soon! 164
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are delighted to bring you this new campaign at the request of our amazing caregiver volunteer Denise Lopez-Majano. Denise is turning 70 and wants to help spread kindness throughout our community - 70 acts of kindness by December 7th! DETAILS: ow.ly/1IPH50ZTE55 #pwMe #Caregiver 1104
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're excited to bring you a new art workshop on Oct. 29 at 12 PM EST. We have a Halloween theme to celebrate spooky season! One of our wonderful volunteers & #pwME, Orion Romero, will host. ow.ly/2zFU50ZTl4T All you need is pencil, paper & way to join online! #art #spoonie #MECFS 042
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsAmy 🌤️ @cloudsandsunshine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excellent post about pediatric Long Covid with links to resources. The failure as a society and as individuals to protect our children is staggering. #LongCovidKids #pwLC 083
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026MEAction’s Partner #Caregiver Support Call led by Kim Moy of Caregiver Wisdom is coming up Oct 4th at 12 pm PDT /8 pm BST. All caregivers welcome. To join, email kim@caregiverwisdom.net. Longtime community member & caregiver Charley Kakel will lead our conversation focusing on Micro-Acts of Joy. 054
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dealing with Uncertainty and Chronic Illness -A Workshop with Marisa Renee Lee is now available to watch! youtu.be/gopHHk_4R4c We had a meaningful time coming together as a community. Huge thanks to Lee (author of Grief is Love and Waiting for Dawn) for leading this workshop. #pwME #pwLC 1134
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MEpedia is going strong-- we just received notice that MEpedia reached 20,000 clicks from Google search in the past 28 days alone! Your support helps important knowledge get in the right hands. Check us out at www.me-pedia.org! #pwME #MEpedia #MECFS 03112
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It is #MedicaidMonday and we are back with #FrailAndFurious campaign* updates. We have been busy and we want to make sure we share the wins along the way! Full details: www.meaction.net/post/making-... In the past weeks, MEAction advocates have been making real progress across the country. 12616
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 28/09/2026🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers discussed in the last week on the Science for ME forum. 21 - 27 Sep 2026 1137
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 27/09/2026Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of Sept. 21 - 27. s4me.info/threads/news... #MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLCs4me.infoNews in Brief - September 2026This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in September 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news. 0114
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We watched CDC staff be ousted or suddenly decide it was time for retirement; provisional employees were fired en masse last year, and in some cases, trainings have been frozen so no one new can fully engage. CDC has been a ghost ship this year. Thanks to Apoorva for her reporting on this. 27726
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Have you checked out all the amazing things Pillow Writers has going on lately? So many options! pillowwriters.wordpress.com They are an international ME/CFS writing community, free and open to anyone with ME/CFS or Long Covid. We are honored to host this amazing group! #pwME #pwLC 12011
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a shocking social crisis playing out behind closed doors...there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discusses #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis. 03114
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"We need to ask why so many patients have been abandoned, why discredited and dangerous treatments continue to be prescribed and why ignorance and neglect still dominate, in the health system and beyond. In other words, there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." #MECFS #pwME 05026
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The afternoon sessions begin with Illuminating the Invisible Infection-Associated Conditions. You might recognize some names for this one. Follow along with our Scientific Director, Jaime Seltzer. @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social #MECFS #NEISvoid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #NIH 193
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scientific Director Jaime Seltzer @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social reporting live (virtually) from the NIH From Mechanisms to Medicine conference. #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid #ChronicIllness #NIH 1159
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Dr. Grach: "..as of a couple weeks ago, have officially rebranded our clinic....historically our clinics were separate - Fibromyalgia, separate POTS, separate Long COVID clinics...we officially transitioned to our new Post-Infectious and Complex Chronic Conditions Clinic..." 2268
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy fall! Changing seasons can be tough when you have ME. Can you even notice the change? I have learned that anything I can find any joy in is good to amplify. What do you find joy in? Pumpkins? Leaves? Cooler temps? If this season is not one where you can find joy, sending you extra love! 1113
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The ME/CFS Exchange Webinar Series launches next month. 1st webinar in the quarterly series will focus on post-acute infection symptoms. October 8th from 1 pm to 3 pm ET via Zoom. Registration required: ow.ly/2ABp50ZOPKP Hosted by NINDS in partnership with MECFSnet. #NIH #PwME #MECFS 0139
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 21/09/20261/ News reports say the administration is drafting an executive order to create a committee that could override expert scientific review of NIH grants, shifting funding decisions away from scientific merit. 176
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last #MedicaidMonday, we shared that CMS announced states may use a tier system to determine which Medicaid applicants qualify for the medical frailty exemption from new work requirements. Today, we are going to explain those tiers! #Medicaid #PwME #PwLC #disability #FrailAndFurious 164
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Applications are open for the NextGen IACC Scholarship! Trainees create original research projects using a pre-existing chronic disease dataset in this funded, mentor-led research opportunity. MS, PhD, & MD/PhD trainees in a Canadian uni by the start of 2027 can apply: ow.ly/hUmO50ZOQk2 177
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 20/09/2026🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers discussed in the last week on the Science for ME forum. 14 - 20 Sep 2026 199
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 20/09/2026Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of Sept. 14 - 20. s4me.info/threads/news... #MEcfs #PwMe #LongCovid #PwLCs4me.infoNews in Brief - September 2026This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in September 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news. 078
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Around 220 people are attending the ME/CFS CDC meeting right now. Dr. Nancy Klimas of Nova Southeastern University INIM is now speaking. She said it was her first time giving this talk. It is being recorded & will be shared! Very interesting so worth checking out. Klimas has so much knowledge! 0255
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When asked whether they are looking at doing a cohort that are aging with ME/CFS...Klimas says.."I would love to do this study..would someone help me find the funding?" 13511
Wilhelmina Jenkins @wilhelminaj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Please join in if you can. CDC needs to know that we pwME are here and that we are holding them accountable! 071
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We made it to the end of #DisabilityVotingRightsWeek! Have you checked your registration & made a voting plan? We gathered a list of resources useful to our community as you exercise your right to vote! Save them! ow.ly/97C050ZOuBu AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities 164
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026TOMORROW! The CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Conference Call is on Sept. 18th at 3:00 pm ET. Register: ow.ly/iV8W50ZLwx3 Guest speaker: Nancy Klimas, MD. Also featuring program updates from CDC's ME/CFS program staff and a Q&A. #pwME #MECFS #CDC 0117
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsNPR @npr.org · 17/09/2026The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in. n.pr/4AdHAB7n.prA year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?The Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices included promised changes to Medicaid. But it's still unclear which drugs will be affected. And each state has to opt in. 1610628
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Supreme Court left in place a lower-court decision that blocked the Postal Service from implementing the new requirements in the coming weeks due to the potential that millions of voters could be disenfranchised by not having their ballots delivered. Still best to request early & return early! 064
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsLiz Burlingame @lizmeactga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Schwartz has made no public appearances or remarks. What little official communication that has come from the agency has been from social media and overtly political. thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comCDC director’s ‘unusual’ silence draws scrutinyJust a month into her tenure as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and publ… 021
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It is #DisabilityVotingRightsWeek. Let's talk mail-in voting. If you are voting by mail please request and return your ballot as early as possible. Each state has different rules so head to www.vote.org/absentee-ballot #RevUp2026 AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities 088
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 17/09/20261) The pharma company BioVie announced the results of the phase 2 trial of their drug Bezisterim for Long Covid. Although the primary analysis showed no significant effect, an analysis in subgroups with a great symptom burden suggested an improvement. A brief breakdown 👇 1238
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#MEAction's next #caregiver support call is Sept. 19 at 1:30 pm ET - 3:30 pm ET. We welcome caregivers of people w/ chronic diseases such as #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis (ME), #LongCOVID, #MCAS, etc! To join the calls, please email caregiver@meaction.net at we will get you set up! 064
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Election Protection Hotline. 866-OUR-VOTE Spanish/English - 888-VE-Y-VOTA Asian Languages/English - 888-API-VOTE Arabic/English - 844-YALLA-US Live chat: 866ourvote.org AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities & National Disability Rights Network are partners of hotline. 054
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 16/09/20261/ 🚨Take action by Friday! NIAID has proposed eliminating its Division of Clinical Research — the infrastructure behind its clinical trials — on a public comment window of just five days. #MECFS #LongCOVID 1129
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NIH UPDATE: NIAID has released a proposal to eliminate its Division of Clinical Research (DCR) & move the division’s programs and responsibilities into other parts of the Institute. #MEAction has sent a detailed letter to NIAID by email in response to the proposal. www.meaction.net/post/nationa... 1115
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Making your plan to vote is critical! Check out AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities' make a plan document to help make sure you are ready: ow.ly/1Hzg50ZMI4Q #DVRW #RevUp2026 is a nonpartisan movement. #DisabilityVote #pwME #MECFS #Disability #VoteReady 084
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkinsvictoria @vashetc.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026I closed the survey! The website remains however :) restandmecfs.com I've added some preliminary data I have used in the past few months. 181
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s #MedicaidMonday, & we have an important update! CMS announced that states may use a “tier system” to determine which Medicaid applicants qualify for the medical frailty exemption from new community engagement requirements. MEAction staff spoke to @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2026/09/11/m... 1116
Reposted by Wilhelmina Jenkins#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Join us this #DisabilityVotingRightsWeek to Be an Accessible Democracy Defender. Let’s start at the beginning. Register to vote! If you are registered, then check your registration. Both can be done via vote.org #DisabilityVote #pwME AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities 085
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We've now got our flyer out for the NextGen IACC scholars applications, which open next Monday. Check it out and share! For Canadian MS, PhD, and MD/PhD students. 056
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 13/09/2026🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers discussed in the last week on the Science for ME forum. 7 - 13 Sep 2026 175
Reposted by Wilhelmina JenkinsScience for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 13/09/2026Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of Sept. 7 - 13. s4me.info/threads/news... #MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLCs4me.infoNews in Brief - September 2026This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in September 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news. 096