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Elly Brosius, MS @ellybrosius.bsky.social · 1d

Micro-dosing GLP-1/GIP RA Tx in ME/CFS & Long Covid with
@kaufmanmd.bsky.social @ruhoy.bsky.social &
Tania Dempsey, MD.

2 pm ET USA, Friday, Oct 17, 2025

A Clinician's Roundtable by @renegaderesearch.bsky.social

Recording posted to YouTube soon.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Clinician's Roundtable: Microdosing GLP-1/GIP Receptor Agonists in MECFS and Long Covid. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about join...

Presenters Ilene Ruhoy, MD, PhD, David Kaufman, MD Tania Dempsey, MD Drs Ruhoy, Dempsey and Kauffman will be discussing how they are using this medication off label in their respective practices an...

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 1d

Even as COVID-19 spreads at high rates, some businesses are trying to force workers to unmask.

The Sick Times spoke with 5 workers affected by anti-mask attitudes in their workplaces, as well as organizers and a disability law expert, about how to push back against these policies. bit.ly/3WEZOcb

A storefront sign reads “NO MASKS” above an illustration of a person wearing a mask with a line struck through it. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking. By Nadi Zimmerman.”

"Stand strong. Wear your mask. Put yourself first." - Marjorie Roberts, Ambassador of Mask Together America

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · 2d

October Meeting Day Today 🗓️
@MEActNet's North Carolina (NC) Chapter Support SUPPORT Zoom
Wed. 10/15/25, (3rd Wed every month)
12:30 PM ET USA
We welcome those near & far with ME/CFS/POTS/OI +/- Long Covid(PASC), & caregivers, family, friends, allies.

www.meaction.net/event-detail...

#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | #MEAction

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Sep 17

Meeting Day Today 🗓️
@MEActNet's North Carolina (NC) Chapter Support SUPPORT Zoom
Wed. 9/17/25, (3rd Wed every month)
12:30 PM ET.
We welcome those near & far with ME/CFS/POTS/OI +/- Long Covid(PASC), & caregivers, family, friends, allies.

www.meactions.org/event-detail...

#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | Me Actions

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

www.meactions.org

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Jul 25

This 30+ minute zoom starts in 50 minutes. ME/CFS Program to look at symptoms, treatments, your previous tests, history, genes, and make more sense of it and find targeted aides.

Renegade Research @renegaderesearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

Announcement!!

1. Clinics are shutting down, but patients w/ MECFS & Long Covid need to regain function. Resources are decreasing, while the need grows!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a full-service coaching and consulting program tailored for patients with ME/LC

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · Jun 23

CT Insider: '‘Razor throat’ COVID: What to know about the new variant and a summer spike'

'Wu said it can still potentially cause unexpected complications for healthy adults and children or lead to more acute problems down the line, like long COVID'

www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

‘Razor throat’ COVID: What to know about the new variant and a summer spike

So far, 15 U.S. states have positive Nimbus cases, including Rhode Island, New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

www.ctinsider.com

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is awful. This clinic was a success and people traveled to it from all over the state and from other states too. The docs there would tell folks about our support group @sentills.bsky.social and Sen Budd offices wont even meet for @solveme.bsky.social Senate constituent meetings today.

#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

UNC closed its Long COVID clinic last week after its federal funding ran out. It was the sole #LongCovid clinic in North Carolina.
The clinic has been a lifeline to thousands of people living with Long COVID, ME/CFS and POTS since it opened in 2021.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

UNC closed its Long COVID clinic last week after its federal funding ran out. It was the sole #LongCovid clinic in North Carolina.
The clinic has been a lifeline to thousands of people living with Long COVID, ME/CFS and POTS since it opened in 2021.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

#MEAction North Carolina is encouraging residents to call their Congress Members to ask for funding. Spread the word on social media. They have templates to help with this! Check them out here: tinyurl.com/4yf74zd2

Fight for UNC’s Long Covid Clinic

Fight for UNC’s Long Covid Clinic! Thank you for joining us in this fight for funding for the UNC Long Covid Recovery Clinic. We all know how hard it is to find a doctor that understands the comple...

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

#MEAction also sent out a press release about the closing of the clinic - read here: bit.ly/44tKkMP

Press Release: UNC Closes its Long COVID Clinic - the Only One in the State

The University of North Carolina closed its Long COVID clinic last week after its federal funding ran out. It was the sole Long COVID clinic in North Carolina. The clinic has been a lifeline to thous...

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Raleigh News and Observer reported on the closing of the UNC Long COVID clinic after #MEAction North Carolina alerted the press last week.
Read article here - bit.ly/43Wlvcl - or here (without subscription): archive.ph/tQ1ff

Funding cuts force one of North Carolina’s only Long COVID clinics to shut its doors

The COVID Recovery Clinic, created in 2021, coordinated treatment efforts for patients whose COVID-19 symptoms persisted long after a diagnosis.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

“I got sick at 33 and I’m turning 39 next month… and the Long COVID clinic has been just a lifesaver,” Gillian Lizars told The Charlotte Observer. “I’m concerned for incoming patients who are on their fifth, sixth, 10th COVID infection, developing Long COVID..."

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Jun 23

While a few clinicians have offered to see Long Covid patients as they return to their original departments, several critical services will no longer be offered to patients: disability paperwork, prior authorizations, referrals outside the local area, and social worker support.

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Jun 18

TODAY.
We cope together. Laugh together. Tear up together. Find help & helpers together. Sharing our experience & information together lifts us up. And it saves energy + time finding next treatment or test.
Support group success depends on right mix of facilitators + visitors. This group rocks!

#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Jun 17

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 12:30 PM Eastern

Join @meactnet.bsky.social's North Carolina Chapter for a monthly support call on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM ET. We welcome people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers, family, friends, allies.

www.meactions.org/event-detail...

#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | Me Actions

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

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Cynthia Johnson @minetodo.bsky.social · Jun 4

To learn more about ME/CFS, check out:
Bateman Horne Center (www.batemanhornecenter.org).
MEAction Network (www.meaction.net),
Open Medicine Foundation (www.omf.ngo),
Solve M.E. (www.solvecfs.org)
#StandByMEcfs #StillSickStillFighting #MillionsMissing

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · Jun 17

WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 12:30 PM Eastern

Join @meactnet.bsky.social's North Carolina Chapter for a monthly support call on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM ET. We welcome people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers, family, friends, allies.

www.meactions.org/event-detail...

#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | Me Actions

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

www.meactions.org

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#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · May 21

Our meeting starts in 10 minutes….

#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · May 21

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TODAY: May 21, 2025 - our ME/CFS/LC zoom support 🫂meeting ( 3rd Wed. of mo.), at 12:30p ET US.
💙
Patients with #MECFS and #LongCovid, allies, caregivers welcome.
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Let's double our joys and successes and halve our worries and setbacks by sharing & caring.
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#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | Me Actions

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

www.meactions.org

#MEAction NC @meactionnc.bsky.social · May 21

💙
TODAY: May 21, 2025 - our ME/CFS/LC zoom support 🫂meeting ( 3rd Wed. of mo.), at 12:30p ET US.
💙
Patients with #MECFS and #LongCovid, allies, caregivers welcome.
💙
Let's double our joys and successes and halve our worries and setbacks by sharing & caring.
💙
www.meactions.org/event-detail...

#MEAction North Carolina Support Call | Me Actions

Please join #MEAction North Carolina for our monthly support call on the third Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM EST. We welcome all people with ME/CFS or Long Covid, along with their caregivers or ...

www.meactions.org

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · May 19

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

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traceydooley.bsky.social @traceydooley.bsky.social · Apr 18

Concert to raise awareness of M.E. and funds for Smile For ME and ME Research UK, organised by Isaac, whose sister is bedridden and tube-fed due to #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis:

#Myalgicencephalomyelitis #SevereME #MECFS #BlueSunday #BlueSundayforMETheConcert

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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · May 3

Ahead of #BlueSunday #MECFS Isaac Greer @drjogreer.bsky.social is raising money for research into ME/CFS

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blue-sunda...

Blue Sunday - Tea Party for ME - The Concert 2025

An online concert to raise awareness of ME and also to raise money for ME Research UK and SMILE for ME

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Andrea Fighting for #MECFS Diagnostic Biomarkers @mecfsnanoneedle.bsky.social · May 18

Today is Blue Sunday for #MECFS
Support #MECFS Biomarker projects directly.
Please donate to the largest ME/CFS Biomarker study
Help make a ME/CFS diagnostic test a reality
tinyurl.com/BlueOMFBioQu...
#pwME #MillionsMissing #BlueSunday

This Blue Sunday for ME/CFS
Support ME/CFS Biomarker Projects

Picture of blue and white teapot and cup and saucer

Donate OMF BioQuest
1200 Samples (600 ME/CFS Samples)
Analyzing 10,000 Proteins and Metabolites

https://tinyurl.com/BlueOMFBioQuest

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Smile For ME @smileformeuk.bsky.social · May 18

Happy Blue Sunday love Smile For ME 🩵 We’re enjoying iced cookies and wearing blue. How are you joining in?

Thank you to those choosing to support Smile For ME. Donate: smileforme.org.uk/bluesunday

#BlueSunday2025 #TeaPartyForME2025

Woman wearing blue cardigan holding blue and gold biscuits that spell out Happy Blue Sunday Love Smile For ME

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Lizzy @hopefullizzy.bsky.social · May 18

Happy #BlueSunday #TeaPartyForME2025

I hope you have as comfortable a day as possible, can wear something blue, and experience something lovely, be that taste, touch, hear, smell, or sight, I hope some loveliness finds you.

#TeaPartyforME Keep going everyone, you’re such a strong community.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · May 18

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Yesterday I posted how my mum decorated the table for #blueSunday.

Here's today's spread.

We are doing it in aid of @irishmecfsassoc.bsky.social
idonate.ie/event/BlueSu... but other worthy charities other worthy charities are listed here the-slow-lane.com/donation-pag... )

#BlueSunday2025

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