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ME/CFS archive, especially RFH 1955. For education, not profit. Researched since 2011 by @continuitytweets.bsky.social & @ciaranj_farrell. No hugs, heart emojis, art because it doesn't work.

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The Chicago Tribune. 15th December 2010.

About #chroniclyme #lyme #lymedisease but mentions #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Red Deer Advocate, Canada. 15th December 1992.
#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Sacramento Bee, US. 15th December 1991.
#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Gazette, Quebec, Canada. 15th December 1988.
A letter in reply to an article from a month earlier.

#cfsme #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Standard-Speaker, Pennsylvania, US.
15th December 1986 - thirty-nine years ago today.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #myalgice #AIDS #epsteinbarr #ebv #cebv
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A review of Edward Shorter's "From Paralysis To Fatigue" in the State Journal (Kentucky, US), 15th December 1991.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Eleven years ago today.
The Independent, UK. 15th December 2014.

A familiar name. #gulfwarsyndrome #gws #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #cfsme #mecfs
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Twenty-six years ago today.
The Guardian, UK.
15th December 1999.

#cfsme #mecfs #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
From four years ago today.
The Des Moines Register, US. 14th December 2021.

#cfsme #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Daily Advocate, Ohio, US.
14th December 1997.

About mononucleosis but mentions #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #mecfs #ebv #epsteinbarr
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), today, thirty-one years ago - 14th December 1994.

#myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #mecfs
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This article doesn't mention #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs but it does say that...

"Mr. John, 54, did a work-out yesterday morning in the House of Commons gymnasium".

The Daily Post, Liverpool, England. 14th December 1988.
December 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The South Wales Echo, thirty-seven years ago today - 14th December 1988.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis
December 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Disease of affluent teenagers”. Sounds almost like ‘yuppie flu’. Sydney Morning Herald, 14th December 1969.

#ebv #mecfs #cfsme #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #myalgice #cfs
December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Lancet, 14th December 1957.
Part one of two.
December 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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A session entitled Invisible Illness — Leading the Way with Lyme Disease will discuss federal priorities for Lyme disease and related chronic conditions.

You can watch it live on YouTube via HHS Gov

READ MORE www.lymedisease.org/hhs-lyme-rou...
RFK Jr. to lead Lyme disease roundtable on December 15 | LymeDisease.org
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a roundtable discussion titled Invisible Illness — Leading the Way with Lyme Disease,
www.lymedisease.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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News Medical: 'Hidden infections may play a key role in driving long COVID symptoms'

'For millions suffering from long COVID..brain fog and fatigue remain a maddening mystery, but a group of leading microbiologists think they may have cracked the case'

www.news-medical.net/news/2025121...
Hidden infections may play a key role in driving long COVID symptoms
For millions suffering from long COVID, their persistent breathlessness, brain fog and fatigue remain a maddening mystery, but a group of leading microbiologists think they may have cracked the case.
www.news-medical.net
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
About #gulfwarsyndrome #gws but mentions #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #mecfs #myalgice.

The Hartford Courant, US. 13th December 1994.
December 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Lennox Herald, Scotland.
13th December 1996.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Evening Herald, Plymouth, England.
13th December 1997.

#cfsme #mecfs #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The Gazette, Canada. 13th December 1993.
#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Tennessean, US. 13th December 2005.
#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Daily Telegraph, UK. 13th December 2011.
Includes a BMJ quote from Esther Crawley.

#mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"Preventing infection is not only about avoiding hospitalization or death but about preventing long-term biological harm, across the lifespan."
🚨🧵by Zdenek Vrozina on Long Covid and "chronic immune activation, T-cell exhaustion, and metabolic disruption"

"What a new Nature Immunology study shows about long COVID? Long COVID is not post-infectious fatigue.
A new study shows that..."

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December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM