Chronic fatigue syndrome study

Health officials have released the first nationally representative estimate of how many American adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3M.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s number is larger than previous studies have suggested and likely boosted by some of the patients with long-haul COVID. 

[Long-haul COVID is a group of health problems persisting or developing after an initial COVID-19 infection. Symptoms can last weeks, months or years and are often debilitating.] 

The findings contradict long-held perceptions about who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome. There was less of a gap between women and men previous studies suggested, and there was hardly any difference between White and Black people. (The AP 12/08/23) Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than past studies suggest | AP News