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Input sought on UK CFS/ME research strategy. (12/19/02)
CFS Advisory Committee Charter. (12/10/02)
Microarrays offer new approach to studies of chronic fatigue syndrome, cervical cancer. (11/14/02)
The charter for the CFS Coordinating Committee has been signed and preliminary plans for the Committee have been outlined. (10/22/02)
UnumProvident, America's largest long term disability (LTD) insurer is coming under fire from multiple targets. Here are three recent developments that people with CFIDS may find of interest. (10/17/02)
Forwarded from the Department of Health and Human Services' CFS NameChange Work Group: Name Change Workgroup FAQ. (8/22/02)
CFIDS Association Joins Chronic Pain Consortium. (8/21/02)
The Association is pleased to share information from the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson, regarding the status of the HHS advisory committee on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). (8/2/02)
Kim Kenney, President and CEO of The CFIDS Association of America, testified May 2nd before Congress on behalf of persons with CFIDS. (5/3/02)
ILC study seeks input from CFIDS patients. (5/2/02)
The results of the name change questionnaire that was distributed in the fall of 2001 have now been analyzed, and a report of the major findings is available. (3/12/02)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released its report "Defining and Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome." (1/24/02)
2001
NIH issues new CFS program announcement. (12/13/01)
The House and Senate have each passed its fiscal year 2002 (FY02) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies bill, which provides Congressional direction for federal chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) programs for the fiscal year that began October 1. (12/3/01)
An interim draft of The Name Change Working Group of the Department of Health and Human Services name change recommendations as well as an informal feedback questionnaire . (10/25/01)
Letter to King's College Collaborating Centre from The CFIDS Association of America about inaccurate information that is in the booklet titled WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care. (9/14/01)
The Name Change Working Group of the DHHS CFS Coordinating Committee (CFSCC) reveals that the samples from the "Name Change" survey questionnaire developed in January 2001 shows the majority of respondents feel that the name CFS should be changed at this time. (5/9/01)
The Name Change Working Group of the DHHS CFS Coordinating Committee (CFSCC) makes public their report of its activities through March 16, 2001. (3/28/01)
