ME – also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – has long been one of medicine’s most perplexing conditions. With no definitive diagnostic test and a legacy of scepticism in parts of the medical community, patients have often struggled to be believed. But a surge of new research may finally be shifting the landscape. The emergence…

“Stronger Together” – ME/CFS Alliance 20th Anniversary event The Pavilion, Winchester Cathedral 4th March 2026: 10.00-4.30 info@mecfsalliance.org.uk The Winchester-based ME/CFS Alliance, in collaboration with Professor Sir Stephen Holgate, is spearheading a symposium of UK and international scientists, clinicians, stakeholders, ME charities, ME/CFS patients, their families and supporters, to discuss the next strategic steps of ME…

*An Exclusive Tour of HMS Queen Elizabeth* This is a unique opportunity for one family to have a personal, guided tour of the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier, at Portsmouth, by a Senior Flight Deck Officer. At 65,000 tonnes, she is the largest ship ever sailed by His Majesty’s Royal Navy and civilians are rarely allowed…

A powerful Southampton connection is helping to lead the future of research into the mystery illness M.E. which for years has been cutting a swathe through the lives of about 250,000 children and adults in the UK, and millions more worldwide. The unique story of the meeting of minds that linked a university junior manager…