{"id":8866,"date":"2024-07-31T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/?page_id=8866"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:21:45","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/press\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"_Pressemeldungen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8866\" class=\"elementor elementor-8866\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-210bd8f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"210bd8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f4b445 rael-particle-no elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6f4b445\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-327776f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"327776f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-52fda75 rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"52fda75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f8e90 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0f8e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>press section<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79a562 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f79a562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Press releases<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433cc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"433cc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can find all the latest news about our activities at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/news-events\/\"><strong>News &amp; Events<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. <br \/>Here you will find an archive of activities published as press releases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e21381e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"e21381e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d67020 rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"6d67020\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-75bbefd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"75bbefd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f8a49e rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-mecfs-conference-2026\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"0f8a49e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19e9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d19e9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Berlin \/ Hamburg, 30 April 2026<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec27dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec27dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ME\/CFS \u2013 where does the research stand today? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3883d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3883d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>At the International ME\/CFS Conference 2026, taking place on 7 and 8 May in Berlin, the latest research findings on the pathophysiology and treatment approaches for ME\/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome) and post-COVID syndrome will be presented and discussed.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d96c5e0 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/conference2026\" 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300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conference_visual_2026_kleiner-768x246.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conference_visual_2026_kleiner-18x6.webp 18w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conference_visual_2026_kleiner.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c67e994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"c67e994\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c99638 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-costreport-long-covid-mecfs-2026\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"7c99638\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1554279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1554279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 27 April 2026<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fb789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2fb789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Societal costs of Long COVID and ME\/CFS continue to rise \u2013 \u20ac64.4 billion in 2025 alone<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fb73b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fb73b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>An update to the study <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/news-costreport-long-covid-and-mecfs\/\">first published in May 2025<\/a><\/span>\u00a0estimates the total annual societal costs of Long COVID and ME\/CFS in Germany for 2025 at \u20ac64.4 billion, up from \u20ac63.1 billion in 2024. This corresponds to approximately 1.44% of gross domestic product.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cd82dd rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/costreport-long-covid-and-mecfs\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"9cd82dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510a2a3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"510a2a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English.webp 1200w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner-Microsite-EconomicCost_MOBILE_2026_English-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-adb4fea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"adb4fea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dc6359 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/researchfunding2026\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"9dc6359\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f4733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95f4733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 6 February 2026<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ff85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25ff85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ME\/CFS Research Foundation launches its 2026 research funding programme <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e1dbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72e1dbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Researchers and clinicians in Germany can now apply for our 2026 research funding programme. A total of \u20ac2 million is available for new research projects.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-362d1c7 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/researchfunding2026\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"362d1c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f9a93 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3f9a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-1536x502.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-2048x670.png 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260206_MERF_Forschungsfoerderprogramm_Website_EN_V1-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c81212a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"c81212a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb0dd9c rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/2025winter-report\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"bb0dd9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2818953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2818953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 21 January 2026<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094d785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"094d785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The ME\/CFS Research Foundation has raised over \u20ac4 million for ME\/CFS research and has announced a major research funding programme<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7483092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7483092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since its establishment four years ago and up until December 2025, the charitable foundation has been able to steadily increase its fundraising total and has already invested just under \u20ac2 million in biomedical research. The half-yearly report highlights past projects and announces new initiatives for 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38e01e3 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/2025winter-report\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"38e01e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc7e73 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2dc7e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-1536x502.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-2048x670.png 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260121_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_EN_V2-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-171618c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"171618c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3291cc rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-declaration\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"f3291cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304210b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"304210b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Berlin, 1 September 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eede22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1eede22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International Declaration in Support of Research and Drug Development for ME\/CFS and Long COVID<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e5a1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e5a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>More than 60 leading international scientists and medical professionals have signed a new Declaration. They are calling for a globally coordinated approach on research and drug development for ME\/CFS and Long COVID<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccaa562 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-declaration\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"ccaa562\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5f7e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea5f7e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declaration.mecfs-research.org\/en\/declaration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-1024x686.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-2048x1372.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/international-declaration-banner_small-de-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e264534 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"e264534\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-78f7bde rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-costreport-long-covid-and-mecfs\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"78f7bde\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa27221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa27221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 12 May 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de84c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8de84c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social and economic costs of Long COVID and ME\/CFS in Germany severely underestimated<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f2e675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f2e675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ME\/CFS Research Foundation and risk research institute Risklayer publish a<br \/>joint report, which for the first time provides current data on the prevalence and social costs of long COVID and ME\/CFS in Germany.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fca1f6 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-costreport-long-covid-and-mecfs\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"4fca1f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41fe530 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41fe530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-1024x601.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-2048x1202.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/aufgeschlagen-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c0de3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"4c0de3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d25cc0 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-conference-symposium2025\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"6d25cc0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3951d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f3951d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg \/ Berlin, 1 May 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfac765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfac765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ME\/CFS \u2013 where does the research stand today?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f69dca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f69dca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the occasion of International ME\/CFS Awareness Day on 12 May 2025, leading international experts will gather in Berlin on 12 and 13 May for two dedicated events to discuss the current state of ME\/CFS and Long Covid research.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcad786 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/press\/press-releases\/pm-conference-symposium2025\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"fcad786\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185be4b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"185be4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1024x329.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11266\" alt=\"ME\/CFS Symposium 2025 Banner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1024x329.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-300x96.webp 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-768x247.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-1536x493.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-2048x658.webp 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/symposium-banner-18x6.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7dc6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0a7dc6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa1485 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1aa1485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1024x329.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11265\" alt=\"International ME\/CFS Conference 2025 Banner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1024x329.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-300x96.webp 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-768x247.webp 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-1536x493.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-2048x658.webp 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference-banner-18x6.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2b56b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"2f2b56b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d9e6f2 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-werderbremen-2025-03\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"9d9e6f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f5894d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f5894d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, Bremen 17. M\u00e4rz 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7eddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d7eddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Premier League club Werder Bremen supports the #LemonChallengeMECFS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b406889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b406889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of a matchday campaign at Werder Bremen last Saturday, players and numerous fans bit into lemons. With the #LemonChallengeMECFS, they called for greater awareness of the serious and often invisible condition ME\/CFS, which also affects many football fans.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a273ab rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-werderbremen-2025-03\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"4a273ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58209bc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58209bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_WerderFanaktion_Copyright-MECFS-ResearchFoundation_Empty-Stands.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af2462 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"4af2462\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ec3342 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-fussball-2025-03\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"6ec3342\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56fa440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56fa440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, Bremen 13 March 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98bb0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98bb0e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lemons on everyone's lips \u2013 the #LemonChallengeMECFS gets support from professional football<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f89a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f89a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 March, Werder Bremen is dedicating a day of action to the serious and often invisible disease ME\/CFS. Before the game against Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, professional players and fans will be biting into a lemon to demand more attention and research.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f20276d rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-fussball-2025-03\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"f20276d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a0274 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84a0274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_leereStuehle-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-677f535 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"677f535\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b5ec43 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-2024-12\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"3b5ec43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-269f943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"269f943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 23. Dezember 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58c3a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a58c3a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sour makes visible - #LemonChallengeMECFS raises awareness for ME\/CFS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429f54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"429f54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p class=\"text-build-content\" data-testid=\"2vzUXR62cCcFSEqnQOzPs\">On 6 December 2024 at 1:07 p.m., the ME\/CFS Research Foundation launched the #LemonChallengeMECFS. Hundreds have already bitten the lemon for attention and donations for people with ME\/CFS.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-861792c rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-lemonchallenge-2024-12\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"861792c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399c85d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"399c85d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-1024x316.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-1024x316.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-768x237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-1536x475.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-2048x633.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241223-PM_LemonChallengeMECFS_FrauZitrone_hero-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dc7350 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"5dc7350\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ff50a9 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-report-summer2024\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"6ff50a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a3c1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96a3c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 31. Juli 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d79cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d79cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Hamburg-based ME\/CFS Research Foundation has raised 1.37 million euros for research into ME\/CFS.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad153b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad153b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>The number of ME\/CFS research projects has increased in the last two years. However, there is still a wide gap between the need for research and research activities. The foundation publishes its semi-annual report in August 2024.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7050217 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-report-summer2024\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"7050217\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203c381 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"203c381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/2025summer-report\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-1024x335.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-1536x502.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-2048x670.png 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240731_MERF_Haljahresreporting_Website_V2_DE-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-de90f7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"de90f7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-afe3450 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-dhg\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"afe3450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb4501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edb4501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 14. Juli 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2b39d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c2b39d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Hamburg Goldkehlchen donate 50,000 euros for the invention<span data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Eingabe hier...\" style=\"border: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;clear: both;, sans-serif;letter-spacing: normal\">orschung von ME\/CFS<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ef52c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ef52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>The Hamburg Goldkehlchen gave two \"traditional summer concerts\" last weekend in Hamburg's Stadtpark. The legendary male choir from Hamburg sang for a good cause. The proceeds from Saturday's concert went to the ME\/CFS Research Foundation, which funds research into the multisystemic disease ME\/CFS.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f42471 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-dhg\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"7f42471\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33211ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33211ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-1024x573.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-2048x1147.png 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DHG_Scheckuebergabe-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d10a1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"3d10a1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c72ccc rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-awarenessday2024\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"8c72ccc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeca5d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aeca5d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg 29. April 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c49c8d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c49c8d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International ME\/CFS Awareness Day on 12 May<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f2aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f2aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p class=\"text-build-content\" data-testid=\"2vzUXR62cCcFSEqnQOzPs\">Buildings and landmarks are bathed in blue light, protesters gather for funeral processions and lie down in demonstration. They want more research, recognition and care.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4370f2 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/pm-awarenessday2024\/\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"d4370f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99e0d2b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99e0d2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-1024x527.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-1536x791.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-2048x1054.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MECFS-ResearchFoundation_PM_Bilder_MECFS_Awareness-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd3df53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"fd3df53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5c245b rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS.pdf\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"b5c245b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf171b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bf171b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamburg, 20. April 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313ecf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"313ecf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impressive fundraising campaign for her 22nd birthday: Lisa raises \u20ac12,500 for ME\/CFS research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e719f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e719f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Lisa B. from Herrenberg has been suffering from ME\/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome) for three years. On her birthday, she collects donations for the ME\/CFS Research Foundation so that this disease can be researched, diagnosed and treated in the future.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bad2a04 rael-particle-no\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-1.jpg\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"bad2a04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dccf044 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dccf044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-1024x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-1536x921.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-2048x1228.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240420-PM-Spendenaktion-fuer-MECFS_Bild-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressebereich Pressemeldungen Alle News zu unseren Aktivit\u00e4ten finden Sie unter News &amp; Events. Hier finden Sie ein Archiv der als Pressemeldung ver\u00f6ffentlichten Aktivit\u00e4ten. Berlin \/ Hamburg, 30. April 2026 ME\/CFS \u2013 Wo steht die Forschung heute? Auf der International ME\/CFS Conference 2026 am 7. und 8. Mai in Berlin werden neueste Forschungsergebnisse rund um Krankheitsmechanismen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":178,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8866","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8866"}],"version-history":[{"count":118,"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17043,"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8866\/revisions\/17043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecfs-research.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}