by CCIS admin | Nov 7, 2023 | Media
Two New Zealand researchers have been chosen to receive the Associated New Zealand Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Society (ANZMES) annual grant of $25,000 to undertake vital research into increasing understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME, also known as Chronic...
by ccisupport | Sep 4, 2023 | Media
Tributes have poured in after Stephanie Aston, the young woman who publicly stood up for herself after being told she was faking her symptoms by doctors, has died. “Even until the very end she was keen to help anyone and lend an ear. You will be sorely missed. I hope...
by CCIS admin | Sep 1, 2023 | Media
ANZMES, the National Advisory on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), has welcomed the Health Select Committee’s (HSC) response to its petition delivered in September 2022, calling on the Government to reclassify ME as a disability. The Health Select Committee presented...
by ccisupport | Aug 8, 2023 | COVID, Media
“They Said it Was Menopause – It Was Long Covid”. The Impact & Scale of Long Covid & How NZ Women Are Being Gas Lit Before Getting Answers Sadly, Sarah is one of the many, many women in New Zealand – and abroad – who are being diagnosed...
by ccisupport | Aug 4, 2023 | COVID, Media
A scientific review of the world’s research into long Covid carried out by a team of leading UK researchers has led them to declare the burden of the post-infection condition “so large as to be unfathomable”. While the Australian government has...
by ccisupport | Aug 1, 2023 | Media
Joy Reid is a “shell” of her former self. The broadcast journalist went from thriving on the adrenaline and fast-paced nature of news, to being unable to watch it on television. Reid has been off work for months with long Covid. Full article can be read here:...
