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Defining ME
Copyright by Hillary Johnson 2026. All Rights Reserved.
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Minnesota’s infectious disease doct...
Untold Morbidity
Minneapolis
The prose below first appeared in my 1996 book about the ME outbreak of the mid-1980s and beyond, and the response of the US federal health agencies. (Osler’s Web, Crown 1996 NY) The reporting in my book resulted in three feder...
Michael Jackson at Twenty-Three
A memorable New York night
Copyright 2009-2026 by Hillary Johnson. All Rights Reserved
When does medical illiteracy turn into abuse?
Eleven syllables you must never say in hearing range of an illiterate doctor
Copyright 2026 Hillary Johnson. All Rights Reserved.
How Many People in the United States have ME?
Forty years on, the true burden of myalgic encephalomyelitis is becoming clearer, but doltish doctors, shifting diagnostic criteria and more continues to obscure the reality.
Copyright (above) Ruth Jones, from Reimagining Ruth, St. Martin’...
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Books: "The Why" 2021; "Reimagining Ruth," St. Martin's 1999; "Osler's Web," 726 pp. Crown 1996. Contributing Ed: Rolling Stone Magazine 1985-1999. Staff: Women's Wear Daily; W; Life. Contributor: Vogue, Vanity Fair, WSJ, T&C, NY Mag, NYTimes, Tatler
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