Compilation of the biggest ME articles in 2020

[Kalliope]

Here's a compilation of some of the biggest media articles about ME from 2020.

Let me know if you miss any articles, and I'll add them to the list

Part 1.

January

• Corriere Della Sera La ballerina senza più forze: "Io, malata di stanchezza cronica. Se mi lavo i capelli, non posso fare altro"
• AP News Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome

February

• Chicago Tribune Study finds many youth living with undiagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome - and black and Latino children are twice as likely to suffer
• Shape Magazine Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is More Than Just Being Really Tired All the Time

April

• The Economist Notes on isolation, from those who know it well (paywalled)
• Berliner Zeitung Corona könnte krankhaft - chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom auslösen

June

• The Atlantic Covid-19 Can Last for Several Months
• Bloomberg Quicktake Short interview with dr. Avindra Nath on Covid-19 and ME/CFS
• The Times Chronic fatigue syndrome: Search for genetic clues (paywalled) Chronic fatigue syndrome: ME families accused of child abuse (paywalled)
  The Times view on taking myalgic encephalomyelitis seriously: Chronic Condition (paywalled)
• iNews Chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers hope for breakthrough as they fight for recognition
• The Guardian UK to launch world largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome
• The Week Coronavirus and ME: doctors fear wave of chronic fatigue syndrome
• The Wall Street Journal Three Months In, These Patients Are Still Ravaged by Covid's Fallout (paywalled)

July

• CNN Coronavirus may cause fatigue syndrome, Fauci says
• The Scientist Could COVID-19 Trigger Chronic Disease in Some People?
• STAT News Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may hold keys to understanding post-Covid syndrome
• Chicago Tribune COVID-19 patients could be of risk for chronic fatigue syndrome: 'Your whole life can change if you get this

 

[Kalliope]

part 2.

August

• CNN Chronic fatigue syndrome a possible long-term effect of Covid-19, experts say
• Financial Times Fatigue plagues thousands suffering post-coronavirus symptoms
• The Scientist Infographic: What is ME/CFS?
• Medscape Chronic Fatigue May Be Long-term Effect of COVID-19
• The Atlantic Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
• KCRW What is chronic fatigue syndrome and is it a long term effect of COVID-19?
• Medium The Emerging Links Between Covid-19 and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Bloomberg When Covid Won't Go Away

September

• News18 India Yet Another Global Health Crisis Awaits the World After The Coronavirus Pandemic
• STAT News Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust of data on college students with mononucleosis
• Live Science We just had no answers': COVID-19 'long-haulers' still learning why they're sick
• SKY News Coronavirus: More than half of COVID-19 patients experience ongoing fatigue, study finds
• Nature The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers
• JAMA As Their Number Grow, COVID-19 "Long-Haulers" Stump Experts

October

• Nature Long COVID: let patients help define long-lasting COVID symptoms
• ABC News What is post-viral fatigue syndrome, the condition affecting some COVID-19 survivors?
• ABC Australia Finding hope for those living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Harvard Health Publishing The tragedy of the post-COVID "long haulers"
• TIME Have We Been Thinking About Long-Haul Coronavirus All Wrong?
• The New York Times At 12, She's a Covid 'Long Hauler'
• The Daily Mail Coronavirus: Children are now being hit by 'long Covid' symptoms too

November

• The Guardian Fatigue syndrome exercise therapy loses Nice recommendation
• The Telegraph Stop telling people with ME to increase their exercise, new guidance says
• Medscape Treatment Guidance for ME Proposes Curbs on Graded Exercise Therapy
• ABC News Doctors examining possible link between chronic fatigue syndrome and COVID-19
• STAT News Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments
• The Guardian Long Covid: overlap emerges with ME - including debate over treatment

December

• Medium How to Manage Long Covid-19 Symptoms and Fatigue
• Science Media Centre - New Zealand Researchers claim proof chronic fatigue syndrome is a bodily disease - Expert Reaction

 

[Louie41]

Thank you for doing this, @Kalliope. It's a real service!

 

[Andy]

If anybody wants to compare, here is the post from the year before, Compilation of best and/or most read ME articles in 2019

ETA: Removing an unwanted apostrophe.

 

[Kalliope]

Thank you for doing this, @Kalliope. It's a real service!

Thank you. I had forgotten quite a few of the articles, so it was nice to have a look at them again.

If anybody want's to compare, here is the post from the year before, Compilation of best and/or most read ME articles in 2019

From 10 articles in 2019 to 46 articles in 2020. It was quite a year..
Wonder how many 2021 will bring?

 

[rvallee]

Thank you. I had forgotten quite a few of the articles, so it was nice to have a look at them again.
From 10 articles in 2019 to 46 articles in 2020. It was quite a year..
Wonder how many 2021 will bring?

Let's see...

Solve for x...

Carry the 2...

Invoke ancient gods...

Somewhere between 500 and 7,777, give or take.

 

[Kalliope]