Over 3.3 million Americans suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates. The latest estimate is 25 percent to 75 percent higher than the last, published in 2015. Then, it was believed that somewhere between 836,000 and 2.5 million had the disorder.
In its new report, the CDC looked at the results of a National Center for Health Statistics Survey to determine how common CFS is. The survey asked respondents if they had ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they had CFS and whether they still had the disorder.
