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ME/CFS archive, especially RFH 1955. For education, not profit. Relocated from Twitter. Researched since 2011 by @continuitytweets.bsky.social & @ciaranj_farrell. No twee campaigns.

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The Olympian, Washington, US.
9th December 1990.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
On this day two years ago.
The Daily Sentinel, Colorado, US.
9th December 2023.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The death of Lynn Gilderdale and the arrest of her mother, as reported by the Daily Telegraph.

9th December 2008.
#myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #mecfs

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Gi...
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Seventeen years ago today.
More on Lynn and Kay Gilderdale.
The Independent, UK. 9th December 2008.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Midweek, Buckinghamshire, England.
8th December 1987.

#mecfs #myalgice ##myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The Sunday Telegraph, UK.
8th December 1996.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Thirty-seven years ago today.

The Daily Mirror, UK.
8th December 1988.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The Age, Australia.
8th December 1990.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Scotland. 8th December 1993.

"The board has come in for criticism over the past few months from sufferers and their relatives who claim that there is no adequate service to deal with CFS" - thirty-two years ago.

#cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The Evening Standard, London.
8th December 2008.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The Calgary Herald, Canada.
7th December 1994.

A follow up to a story that had been published four days earlier.

#fibromyalgia #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Edmonton Journal, Canada.
7th December 1987 - thirty-eight years ago today.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #epsteinbarr #ebv #cebv #myalgice #mecfs
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Lennox Herald, Scotland.
7th December 1984 - forty-one years ago today.

#coxsackie #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #cfsme #mecfs
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Independent, UK. 7th December 1996.
Yvette Cooper MP.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Chicago Tribune, US.
6th December 2002 - twenty-three years ago today.

"Chronic fatigue patients need more treatment".

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Valley News, New Hampshire, US.
6th December 2023.

#longcovid #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice #cfsme #mecfs
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Daily Telegraph, UK.
6th December 1996.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Hertfordshire Mercury, England.
6th December 1991.

#cfsme #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Heartland Evening News, Warwickshire, England.
6th December 1996.

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The Herald, Scotland. 6th December 2017.
An obituary of Jimmy Hood.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thirty-nine years ago today.
The Grimsby Evening Telegraph, England.
6th December 1986.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Evening Post, Bristol, England.
5th December 1989.

#mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today, thirty-three years ago.
The Burlington Spectator, Canada. 5th December 1992.

A letter in reply to an article from a month earlier. #cfsme #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice

"The advice given by Dr. Wessely, a psychiatrist, is positively harmful".
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Evening Standard, London. 5th December 1989.
#cfsme #mecfs #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis

Action For ME unveils a cinema advertisement.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thirty-seven years ago today.
The Evening Herald, Plymouth, England. 5th December 1988. #mecfs #myalgice #myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme

"A Devon mother confined to a wheelchair with the viral disease ME has set up a telephone for other sufferers that might feel suicidal".
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM