CDC damage control: CFS research group relieved of duties

In a stunning move, responsibility for XMRV research has been taken away from the ME/CFS working group within the CDC, and re-assigned to the division of HIV/AIDS prevention. This group will be in charge of replicating findings of the Whittemore-Peterson Institute, rather than the group under the control of Dr. Reeves. The move is highly [...]

CDC position on XMRV findings showing CFS might be caused by virus

The CDC has called the new Chronic Fatigue Syndrome research exciting, but preliminary.

“If I don’t know the nature of the cases and controls, I can’t interpret the findings,” Dr. William C. Reeves, who directs public health research on the syndrome, told The New York Times.

“We and others are looking at our own specimens [...]