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To expand access to the 2021 IACFS/ME Conference for patients/ caregivers/ the public, there is now a special registration category for people who want to attend ONLY the patient/ public lecture series on August 19. For registration BEFORE 8/ 12, the price for IACFS/ME members is $50 and for...

Since the main issue seems to circulate around the Parker paper and the journal is more than Dr. Friedberg, here are two things you can do: 1) Write a Letter to the Editor. This is the usual route for concerns about any scientific article. Your Letter may be published and shared with the...

1. The journal is titled the way it is in order to survive financially as a journal and attract a wide range of submissions/ readers. IACFS/ME doesn't make much from the journal but the publishers Taylor and Francis still have to be paid to provide services such as editing, supporting an online...

1. Conference - yes, even virtual ones - are expensive to organize and operate, even as we negotiate for the lowest rates possible, rely on a unpaid volunteers (including all of the Board and a few dedicated people), and go for bare amenities. Major costs include technical help, software...

This is a much belated response but I want to respond anyway. This is my point of view and not necessarily my co-authors (i.e. I don't know all their views about it) so I want to make that clear. I may be a bit unique in that I have worked with people with other conditions (not ME/CFS...

2021 IACFS/ME Virtual Scientific Conference August 19 - 21, 2021, 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM EDT Registration is now open for the 2021 IACFS/ME Virtual Conference! Register before August 12, 2021 for the best rates! Registration closes on August 18 at 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (New York City...

Thank you for posting on our paper and your comments! The paper was written in fact to acknowledge that while depression and anxiety play a role in suicide for ME/CFS and - for that matter - any chronic illness - it is far from the only factor. We discuss other factors and briefly explain why...

Hi, everyone, if you are involved with research, please consider submitting your research or workshop proposal for the 2021 IACFS/ME conference. The Deadline has been extended to May 17, 2021 at 5 PM New York Time. See prior post above for submission information or click here for details...

Hi, everyone, please consider submitting your research or workshop proposal for the 2021 IACFS/ME conference. The conference will take place online. Registration for the conference itself begins around July. 2021 International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic...

As in our prior meetings, IACFS/ME invited several members of the media like Miriam Tucker and writers like Cort Johnson to cover the meeting. Thus, if you are not able to watch the video, you can read their reports in the following weeks ahead. We may also compile the reports together and place...

To learn about how to join/ use Zoom for the conference, see this 10-minute video. Slides presented on the video are attached.

Are you worried about using Zoom Webinar? Are your concerns preventing you from joining our August 21, 2020 IACFS/ME Virtual Conference? If so, join IACFS/ME for a LIVE Conference Attendee Rehearsal. This short 10-minute presentation will familiarize you with how to join Zoom and also the...

Hi, everyone, This is just a reminder that registration for the IACFS/ME Virtual Conference closes a day before the meeting. Registration closes THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, at 12 AM. This is to ensure all registrants receive the link to the meeting and the meeting program in a timely manner. To find...

Also, a unique aspect of our meetings are we do not select pre-select most of our speakers. Anyone can apply to speak at our meetings and they do via an abstract submission site months before a meeting. As far as I know, other ME/CFS meetings do not have the same process. We do that because we...

Thanks Tom for posting this! And thank you to everyone else for bumping this up and your comments! To answer some of your questions: 1. IACFS/ME is a 30-yr. old professional organization of clinicians and researchers dedicated to researching and taking care of people affected by ME/CFS. Many...