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Widespread: What is ME/CFS?: ME/CFS sounds as mysterious as this serious illness still is for patients and researchers. The number of cases has risen - | the ...
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Long Covid in children: What makes the chronic illness so challenging: A teenager suffering from Long Covid lies in his bed: An estimated 60 minors in Hamburg ...
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Long Covid and ME/CFS in Dresden: Portrait of Elena Lierck: Elena Lierck is more committed than anyone else in Germany to helping children suffering from Long ...
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500 million euros and one question: What really helps those affected by Long Covid?
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Paid articlePaywall"Specialties must work in a network": Brandenburg doctors demand better care for ME/CFS and Long Covid patients
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Paid articlePaywallHow patients with Long Covid are to be cared for in Styria: Premiere in Austria: A concept for the care of ME/CFS patients was presented in Styria on Wednesday ...
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Paid articlePaywallFight against ME/CFS: Coalition wants to increase funding for research into long-term effects of Covid
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Paid articlePaywallLiving with Long Covid: How an ME/CFS sufferer is fighting for recognition: Anna is one of a million people in Germany who have Long Covid and ME/CFS ...
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Long Covid and ME/CFS: Top researchers call for international research collaborations
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Severe form of long Covid: Computer science professor leaves ETH Zurich: Otmar Hilliges was diagnosed with a neuroimmunological disease. He had previously been ...
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Too little money for ME/CFS: Karl Lauterbach sees "state failure": Since the coronavirus pandemic, many more people have been suffering from chronic fatigue ...
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Key FactsCalls Grow for Increased ME/CFS Research Funding
Jul 17, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Karl Lauterbach accuses the government of failing in funding research for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid, calling it a state failure.
- The coalition is debating a research budget between 10 and 15 million euros, while Lauterbach demands at least one billion euros.
- The number of ME/CFS sufferers has surged to approximately 650,000 since the pandemic, necessitating a significant expansion of research efforts.
- Lauterbach expresses deep concern for desperate patients and states that progress remains insufficient despite promised research funds.
The amounts currently in the budget are completely unacceptable.— Karl Lauterbach criticizes the insufficient financial resources for research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long Covid in 'Spiegel'.
After the pandemic - | Lauterbach sees "state failure" in long Covid and is self-critical
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No mercy: Long-Covid patient rejected by IV (German disability insurance)
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ME/CFS: Research Minister wants to expand research into Long Covid: Minister Dorothee Bär (CSU) is in favor of more research into Long Covid and ME/CFS ...
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Those affected can hardly get out of bed: More and more people are suffering from serious illness
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Consequence of viral infection: Long Covid and ME/CFS cost society 60 billion euros a year
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Paid articlePaywallDisease in focus: ME/CFS Day - | Buildings in Lower Saxony light up blue today: More than 600,000 sufferers, hardly any research: Patients with chronic fatigue ...
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Lying-down demonstration in Böblingen - | ME/CFS: More awareness for a little-known disease
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Long Covid and ME/CFS: Specialized contact points are needed: The National Reference Center for Post-Viral Syndromes has presented a new guideline on how the ...
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Paid articlePaywallME/CFS: On the trail of Long Covid: The secondary illnesses following a coronavirus infection often lead to serious and years-long limitations ...
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Paid articlePaywallLong-Covid outpatient clinic for children starts at Worms Hospital: Until now, there was only one contact point in Koblenz for children with severe consequences ...
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