myalgic encephalomyelitis

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Participants were asked if a doctor or other health-care professional had ever told them they had myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, and whether they still have it.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

She was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome or ME, last May.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

A journalist at CNN, Prior has an illness strikingly similar to long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis, euphemistically known in the U.S. as chronic fatigue syndrome.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Seltzer has lived with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, for years.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2022

For many doctors, the strange symptomology of long Covid calls to mind another mysterious, poorly understood condition: myalgic encephalomyelitis, more familiarly known as chronic fatigue syndrome.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021