CDC's ME/CFS Program

A Systematic Evidence Review of the Evidence

CDC has contracted with the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) to conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature surrounding myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Find more information about these meetings:

CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Calls
Interagency ME/CFS Working Group Meetings
ME/CFS Roundtable Meetings

CDC has begun a multi-site clinical assessment of ME/CFS patients in clinical practices of clinicians with expertise in ME/CFS.

The final Wichita Clinical Study data can be accessed through CDC’s NCHS Research Data Center (RDC). The data was collected during a 2-day in-hospital study conducted from December 2002 to July 2003 in Wichita, KS, USA.