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Tuesday Checkup: In Search of a Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Most people have probably never heard of the virus XMRV, but it's been a hot topic in the healthcare community since last month. That's when scientists at the Cleveland Clinic were among a group of researchers that discovered a possible link between that virus at chronic fatigue syndrome. Dozens of the top scientists nationwide studying XMRV are flying to Cleveland for a meeting at the Clinic Wednesday. For this week's Tuesday Checkup ideastream®'s Eric Wellman sat down with Angela Townsend who is covering this story for the Plain Dealer.