Wishing you and your loved ones a happy holiday season and a healthier New Year. We hope 2026 will bring meaningful progress and increased funding for #MECFS research.

The workshop 'Long Covid: Current Realities, Future Directions' has just started in the European Parliament. You can follow the live-streamed here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

1) A first draft for the Horizon Europe work program 2026-2027 has been published by the European Commission. While it no longer includes the previous call on high-burden under-researched conditions, there’s now a new call on ‘post-infection long-term conditions’

🇪🇪 Does anyone know any ME/CFS patient organisations from Estonia? If you are an ME/CFS patient in Estonia, could you perhaps reach out to us at [email protected]? Many thanks in advance!

Today is #SevereMEDay Our thoughts are with those stricken by the severest form of the neuro-immune disease #MECFS It is an endless physical torture with the added distress of being left without medical care and the stigma that aggravates the dire situation.

1) The European Commission has several funding opportunities for NGO’s, which might also be relevant for ME/CFS organizations. We wanted to share some of these programs. commission.europa.eu/funding-tend...

1) Important news: there is now a much greater chance than ever before for #MECFS scientists to obtain funding from #HorizonEurope.

#BlueSunday2025 at the EMEC headquarters 💙 Coffee or lemonade with cookies and a game of Rummikub to celebrate this special day. Our dog mascot Shifra got some biscuits too. We donated to the @irishmecfsassoc.bsky.social in honor of our friend @tomkindlon.bsky.social #TeaPartyForME #MECFS

The final version of the 2025 Horizon Europe work program has now been published and ME/CFS is indeed mentioned under the call on high-burden, under-researched medical conditions. Link 👇 research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/fund...

1) Good news: the European call on high-burden, under-researched conditions will likely be renewed in the 2025 work program of Horizon Europe. #MECFS is prominently mentioned as an example.

1) Member of the European Parliament Pascal Arimont (EPP) submitted a written question on ME/CFS in november last year.

The European ME Coalition (EMEC) @emec.bsky.social gave an update on the Horizon Europe call on high-burden, under-researched conditions europeanmecoalition.com/update-the-r... Image is from latest Science for ME weekly update #MEcfs #CFS

1) It’s been a long time since you heard from us, but we can finally give an update of what we have been doing behind the scenes. #MECFS #LongCovid

1) Happy holidays to everyone affected by ME/CFS.

We are supporting the #LemonChallengeMECFS 🍋 The lemon acts as a symbol for the bitterness of the disease but also for the hope of healing. We challenge: MEP Pascal Arimont Prof. Jos Bosch Mr. Anil Van Der Zee More info: mecfs-research.org/en/lemonchal...

Member of the European Parliament Pascal Arimont has submitted a written question asking the new European Commission how it will stimulate ME/CFS research. We are very grateful for MEP Arimont’s strong and continued support for ME/CFS patients.

If you haven’t done so yet, please consider signing this petition calling on Cochrane to withdraw their 2019 review of exercise therapy for 'CFS'. It is important that it gains as much support from the #MECFS community and its allies as possible. Thank you! www.change.org/p/cochrane-w...

It has been a while since we gave an update about our work. Our efforts have mostly taken place behind the scenes this past year. This doesn’t mean nothing has happened!

Wow, 26,000 #PwME completed the questionnaire, creating the world's biggest #MEcfs sample. 21k invited to give DNA. Next: Looking for genetic clues to ME causes: 1. 4k people yet to return DNA samples asked to do so ASAP 2. DNA will be extracted, analysed & compared with UK population 1/2

🙏 Dringender Aufruf: Multiply for ME Wir brauchen dringend eure Unterstützung, damit Mila, die heute ihren 21. Geburtstag hat, und Tausende weitere #MECFS-Betroffene eine Chance auf ein Leben haben. 🧵 Bitte RT 🙏

This trial has funding to analyse 25000 samples but is well short. To register/find more info, go to: decodeme.org.uk/portal Please tell others. This article explains why the study is important: www.healthrising.org/blog/2023/10... #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #DecodeME #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

Update from today’s webinar: over 20,500 kits requested (not all circulated yet). Over 15,500 returned. They have funding for analysis of 25,000 (including 5000 #PostCovid #Mecfs). So please keep highlighting recruitment & also the need to return kits #PwME #CFS #LongCovid #LC #DecodeME

Overjoyed to announce my Concise Clinical Review of ME/CFS in Mayo Clinic Proceedings (with updated diagrams!) Very glad to have worked with Stephanie Grach, and Ravi Ganesh and Tony Chon on this! #MedEd #MedTwitter 🧵 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

We're thrilled to share some exciting news! OMF’s StudyME Registry has reached a significant milestone: 6,000 sign-ups! Haven't joined yet? Learn more & sign up now: ow.ly/hn5j50PS2t8 We extend our heartfelt thanks to each of you who joined OMF's StudyME Registry!

So nice to see so many community members have found us here already! For anyone new to us- we are #MEAction, a US-based non-profit, igniting a global revolution in ME care. ME= myalgic encephalomyelitis aka ME/CFS Learn more at meaction.net. #pwME #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid

We have a dedicated page for #MECFS scientists who are looking for ways to fund their biomedical research. We hope this will be a useful collection of resources to those who are studying ME and also #LongCOVID europeanmecoalition.com/resources-fo...

Happy to be here! 🇪🇺 In case you haven’t heard of us, check out our website: europeanmecoalition.com We are trying to raise awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis #MECFS at the European level, denouncing the lack of funding for biomedical scientific research on this devastating disease.