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XMRV on the BBC: Friday, 8 October 2010
by tonybritton on October 7, 2010
The MEA has been working with the BBC in order to get some coverage of the XMRV story to coincide with the first anniversary of publication of the famous Science paper.
BBC news items tomorrow (Friday, 8th October) will, we understand, be concentrating on the UK angle ie the decision by the Department of Health to extend the ban on people with ME/CFS from donating blood to those who have recovered from their illness. This ban will come into force on 1st November.
So far it looks as though this story will be appearing on:
BBC Radio 5 Live sometime before 6am
BBC Radio Scotland: at around 6.35am
BBC Radio 4 Today programme: at 6.50am
BBC Radio 5 Live: at 8.30am
And from 9am onwards various local BBC radio stations including:
BBC Sheffield
BBC West Midlands
BBC Glasgow
The XMRV blood donation ban story should also be appearing as the lead item on the BBC health website at around midnight tonight (Thursday)
Please note that the MEA has not written the copy for the BBC website item and at the time of writing we have not been sent the embargoed text to comment on.
Tony Britton
Publicity Manager, The ME Association
Tel: 01406 370293 Mob: 07880 502927
PS Theres a link to our fairly long summary of the XMRV story so far up on our website at http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=2240
And our correspondence with the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health about the blood ban is at http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=1611
XMRV on the BBC: Friday, 8 October 2010
by tonybritton on October 7, 2010
The MEA has been working with the BBC in order to get some coverage of the XMRV story to coincide with the first anniversary of publication of the famous Science paper.
BBC news items tomorrow (Friday, 8th October) will, we understand, be concentrating on the UK angle ie the decision by the Department of Health to extend the ban on people with ME/CFS from donating blood to those who have recovered from their illness. This ban will come into force on 1st November.
So far it looks as though this story will be appearing on:
BBC Radio 5 Live sometime before 6am
BBC Radio Scotland: at around 6.35am
BBC Radio 4 Today programme: at 6.50am
BBC Radio 5 Live: at 8.30am
And from 9am onwards various local BBC radio stations including:
BBC Sheffield
BBC West Midlands
BBC Glasgow
The XMRV blood donation ban story should also be appearing as the lead item on the BBC health website at around midnight tonight (Thursday)
Please note that the MEA has not written the copy for the BBC website item and at the time of writing we have not been sent the embargoed text to comment on.
Tony Britton
Publicity Manager, The ME Association
Tel: 01406 370293 Mob: 07880 502927
PS Theres a link to our fairly long summary of the XMRV story so far up on our website at http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=2240
And our correspondence with the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health about the blood ban is at http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=1611