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About mono/glandular fever: it is the same in Hungary. I never heard of it until I got mono myself in my early thirties (leading to my ME/CFS). I don't remember any high school/college kids I knew who had it. Whenever I tell my story, I need to explain to people what mono is, they don't know...

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ABSTRACT Background This study evaluated the impact of aging on the frequency and prevalent symptoms of Long COVID, also termed post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, using a previously developed Long COVID research index (LCRI) of 41 self-reported symptoms in which those with 12 or more points...

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Abstract Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells, as one of the subtypes of CD4+ T cells, are the crucial gatekeeper in the pathogenesis of self-antigen reactive diseases. In this context, we demonstrated that the selective ablation of early growth response gene 1 (Egr-1) in CD4+ T cells exacerbated...

Yes, I've been following them on Facebook and I've been wondering about all this myself. (I think I even mentioned it here on S4ME that their sloth mascot was an interesting choice.) I don't speak Czech, so I can only judge their activity based on what I saw in the FB translated versions of...

David Tuller was very kind to cover this story about how they misrepresented what the NICE guideline says on the Virology blog: https://virology.ws/2025/08/23/trial-by-error-hungarian-experts-make-goulash-out-of-nice-recommendations/ "Remarkably, the authors managed to mangle the core findings...

You forgot to mention the drop bear :emoji_koala::skull::dizzy:

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Full title: “Have you considered that it could be burnout?”—psychologization and stigmatization of self-reported long COVID or post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome Ronja Büchner, Christian Sander, Stephanie Schindler, Martin Walter, Carmen Scheibenbogen & Georg Schomerus Abstract Background...

Full title: Improvement in Upper Limb and Systemic Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Symptoms After Surgical Treatment of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Maritsa E. Christoforou • Ying Wei Lum • Sally C. Sroge • Alba M. Azola • Peter C. Rowe Abstract Thoracic...

Submission status: Open Submission deadline: 13 May 2026 This Collection welcomes studies into improving diagnostics and tools to determine disease progression, pathways affected, and clinical interventions, both studies within and across infectious agents of PAIS. Q-fever, Lyme disease...

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Leandro Ferreira, Isabella Da Silva Almeida, Rochelle Rocha Costa, Gabrielle Vieira Roriz, Jeam Marcel Geremia, Joao Luiz Quaglioti Durigan, Rita de Cássia Marqueti Introduction: There are limited studies on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on skeletal muscle morphology and architecture...

Key Points Question What is the prevalence of long COVID in the Innovative Support for Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE) cohort based on definitions in published literature? Findings In this prospective cohort study of 4575 INSPIRE participants, when replicating long...

@ME/CFS Science Blog did I see it right that Paul Garner himself showed up on your Facebook page to criticize DecodeME?

I have found another article in Hungary, this one is actually on a website called DrPortal, which is a health news kind of website written by doctors for other healthcare workers. The articles aren't public, only verified healthcare workers can access them. I can only see the first few...

There has been some additional coverage here too, although it has not been covered by every major news site, only a few. Another one was Origo which is one of the top news sites but it is also infamous for featuring a lot of political propaganda, so I'm not sure I want to link the article here...

I remember his blog was posted in my group a few times, recommended as "the best source about ME/CFS you can find". Not very recently though. I wish S4ME had the same appeal to people. It would make my job a lot easier in my group if there were some more well-informed, science-oriented people...

The news of Decode ME has reached Hungary too, although so far I have seen only one such article. Portfolio is the largest business/economic news site in the country. They wrote their article based on the one in the Financial Times but they don't really go into details about the study too much...