Monthly Archives: March 2013

Care and Services Recommendations

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

See Part One – Tangled Web See Part Two – CFSAC Specific Recommendations Only ten recommendations are assigned to this category. See pages 12 – 15 of the Recommendations Chart (pdf link). Most relate to the categorization of CFS in … Continue reading →

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CFSAC Specific Recommendations

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

See Part One – Tangled Web The CFSAC Specific category contains eleven recommendations regarding the Committee’s own operation. See pages 16 – 18 of the Recommendations Chart (pdf link). However, one recommendation concerns the case definition so I will cover … Continue reading →

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Tangled Web

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

The CFS Advisory Committee has hit the reset button on their High Priority Recommendations, which means we will have a chance at the next meeting to offer our input on the list. We can tell the CFSAC which of their … Continue reading →

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No News is No News

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

The ME/CFS advocacy community has been hopping recently, with participation in the FDA meeting on Ampligen, my effort with Public Citizen, and Bob Miller’s hunger strike. We’ve been anticipating some sort of response from HHS, especially in the wake of … Continue reading →

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Swift Response

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

I am pleased to share with you the response from HHS to Public Citizen’s letter to the Acting General Counsel about the CFSAC High Priority Recommendations. Public Citizen wrote to the Acting General Counsel on my behalf on February 14th, … Continue reading →

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