The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) isn't well understood and therefore difficult to diagnose. About a quarter of people with ME/CFS cannot leave their homes due to severe pain and fatigue. The cause of ...

These individuals may struggle to concentrate at work, keep up with social commitments or even find it difficult to perform ...

New scientific investigations suggest that mental fatigue is far more than a passing feeling, it may be a biological signal ...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has been suspected of causing chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). A well-controlled study has now shown that, even after mild COVID-19, a subset of ...

In modern-day culture, it’s common to complain about being tired. But for some people, being extremely tired is just one symptom of a disease that’s increased in awareness since the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Fatigue occurs for three reasons. In most instances, it is the normal reaction of the body to lack of sleep, overwork, acute illness and acute mental stress. It is a powerful physical reaction to ...

A research team that includes two Cleveland Clinic scientists on Thursday issued a partial retraction of its findings that had linked the retrovirus XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome. When the ...

Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds. Williams and colleagues used fecal microbiome shotgun metagenomic sequencing to identify and ...

Most people who think they have a long-lasting form of Lyme disease, triggered by a tick bite, may really have chronic fatigue syndrome, a panel of UK infectious disease experts said today. Some ...

A brain imaging study of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis), has shown that the two illnesses produce ...