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• £730,000 for research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in children

   University of Bristol press release, 27 February 2008 A new area of ground-breaking research to provide a better understanding of the cause, treatment and prevention of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME in children has secured a prestigious fellows...

• MEA ambassador-on-a-bike heads - by air - for Karachi

  Eric Smart, the ME Association's fundraising ambassador-on-a-bike, is today ending days of waiting for a visa to enter Iran – by letting a plane take the strain as he travels from Baku, the Aberbaijan oil town on the shores of the Caspian Sea, to Ka...

• Kevin Tripp killing: woman convicted of manslaughter

  A woman who encouraged her partner to hit ME sufferer Kevin Tripp in the Colliers Wood Sainsbury's supermarket in South London was found guilty of manslaughter, when the jury – which had been considering its verdict for over seven hours – file...

• News from America about Ampligen

  Food and Drug Aministration extends Hemispherx's NDA review date for Ampligen(r) as potential preatment for CFS Click her for story ...

• Appointments to the Standing Commission on Carers

  The Standing Commission on Carers, which provides independent expert advice to Government on the development and delivery of the National Strategy for Carers, is looking to make public appointments to the Commission. ...

• Kevin Tripp manslaughter trial opens today

  The trial of one of the two people charged with the killing of Kevin Tripp, the ME sufferer who was the innocent victim of a single punch while he was shopping last year at his local Sainsbury, opened at Southwark Crown Court today. Antoinette Richardso...

• Judicial Review - summary of High Court proceedings

  The Judicial Review of the NICE guideline on ME/CFS took place on Wednesday and Thursday, 11th and 12th February, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The hearing was held in Court 76 - a large modernised courtroom tucked away on the third floor of t...

• Judicial Review - newspaper coverage

  Newspaper coverage so far of the legal challenge to the NICE Guideline on ME/CFS appears below: ...

• Judicial Review: "'ME pair appeal 'unfair NHS rules'"

  From BBC Online, 11 February 2009 Two ME patients today launched a High Court appeal against what they say is an "unfair and irrational" approach by the NHS to their condition. ...

• ME Association UK launches into "Myspace"

  We've just launched an informal version of this website on Myspace, one of the world's major social networking sites. Click on the picture to find it, sign up and get chatting! ...

• ME Association fully supports legal challenge to the NICE Guideline on ME/CFS

  The ME Association will be fully supporting the two people with ME – Douglas Fraser and Kevin Short – who have succeeded in achieving a Judicial Review into the 2007 NICE Guideline on ME/CFS.  ...

• Have your symptoms improved due to exposure to high altitude?

  Professor Clive Beggs of the University of Bradford is undertaking a research project into the effects of high altitude exposure on patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). He is interested in hearing from anyone whose symp...

• Professor Julia Newton presentation now online

  Source: Action for ME News Room The presentation which Professor Julia Newton made to the Cross Party Group on M.E., 21 January 2009, is now available online. Professor Newton, from Newcastle University, told MSPs: " Our research is exploring the ...