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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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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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Coverage

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

Thank you, everyone, for your comments on my Public Citizen story. I’ve heard from you on the blog, email, Facebook and Twitter. Thanks! We are still awaiting a formal response from the Acting General Counsel of HHS. I will share … Continue reading →

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A Public Citizen

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

When I wrote about the CFS Advisory Committee’s creation of a High Priority Recommendations document and how their process violated their own charter, many people asked me “What can we do about it?” Today, I can finally tell you what … Continue reading →

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Highest Priority, Part Two

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

When I posted the other day about the CFS Advisory Committee’s list of High Priority Recommendations (pdf link), I said that I had done some digging and that what I found wasn’t pretty. To be blunt, what I found is … Continue reading →

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Highest Priority, Part One

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

Over the years, the CFS Advisory Committee has made dozens and dozens of recommendations to the Secretary for Health and Human Services. This month, the Committee posted a document entitled “High Priority Recommendations from CFSAC, January 2012” (pdf link) which … Continue reading →

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2011 NIH Spending on CFS Studies

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Jennie Spotila

At the June 2012 CFS Advisory Committee meeting, Dr. Susan Maier from the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health reported that NIH funding of CFS research in 2011 totaled $6.3 million. In the past, advocates have questioned whether studies … Continue reading →

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The Fine Print

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Jennie Spotila

Earlier this month, I told the CFS Advisory Committee to keep track and keep asking about how DHHS was responding to its recommendations. I discussed four recommendations in detail, including: Regarding your recommendation that HHS engage the expertise of the … Continue reading →

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