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In this article, David Tuller interviews neuroscientist Michael VanElzakker about the recently published NIH study on post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The study was long-awaited and received mixed reactions, sparking public debate. The interview provides insights into the study's findings and implications for the field.
By David Tuller, DrPH So, okay…The big enchilada from the US National Institutes of Health’s seven-year, $8-million, under-recruited and over-hyped study—”Deep phenotyping of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome”–was published last week in Nature Communications. It would be fair to describe the ensuing public debate over this massive text-and-data dump as spirited. (NIH press release here; …