County supervisors hold hearing on chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue hearing

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, chair of the Health and Hospital Committee, is convening a special hearing on chronic fatigue syndrome and its links to long COVID on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2-4:30 p.m., held in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a long-term condition that that keeps people from doing their usual activities. It causes severe fatigue not improved by rest, problems thinking and sleeping, dizziness, pain and many other symptoms. There’s currently no cure.

Simitian  will moderate the discussion along with and Supervisor Otto Lee, Health and Hospital Committee vice chair. Panelists include staff from the Center for Complex Diseases, EVMED Research, Bateman Horne Center and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

The hearing also be streamed live on the SCCgov chambers YouTube channel, and a video will be posted at supervisorsimitian.org.

Neighborhood Notes

CAMBRIAN>>Stephanie A. Demos has been named the new executive director of Cancer CAREpoint.

Demos most recently served as interim chief development officer at Pivotal/Silicon Valley Children’s Fund after holding leadership positions at local community benefit organizations such as HomeFirst Services, ARCC and Kara. She said in a release that joining Cancer CAREpoint is “the culmination of decades of work as a volunteer and staff for some of the Bay Area’s outstanding service providers.”

Cancer CAREpoint provides resources and support services to cancer patients and their families and caregivers.

“My father’s death at 59 from esophageal cancer set me on an entirely new career path, from a thriving career on Wall Street back to the Bay Area where I became a client, a grief counselor, a program manager and eventually a fundraiser for The Centre for Living with Dying,” Demos said.