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NINDS Director's Announcement: New resources for large-scale ME/CFS research Feb. 5, 2021

New resources for large-scale ME/CFS research | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (nih.gov)

Walter Koroshetz is the director of NINDS and it's my understanding that he's never really made ME/CFS a priority, so I don't know how significant this announcement is or how much of a difference it will make. But he mentions COVID, so I guess that finally got his attention