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“The Tal Research group at MIT.. is conducting a large study looking into both Lyme disease and long COVID. The goals are to identify biomarkers that can predict who will not recover and to advance available treatments.” MedScape
“This could be a diagnostic for chronic Lyme,” she said, referring to the distinct “antibody signature” she sees early in the infection of people who will go on to develop chronic Lyme. “There is an incredible similarity to the signature people have a decade later who did not recover.”
- Michal Tal, The Boston Globe
“Location really matters, and mucosal immunity is really important for protection from infection.”
- Michal Tal, The New York Times
“Beth Pollack leads and is building a new research unit at MIT studying the overlapping pathomechanisms and comorbidities among Long COVID, ME/CFS, and a group of related illnesses… Pollack forsees a new era for chronic disease research.”
- The Yale School of Medicine Magazine
Articles featuring members of the Tal Research Group
The New York Times, Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid (February 21, 2024)
Medscape, Why Are Women More Likely To Get Long COVID? (January 19, 2024)
The Boston Globe, This is a Solvable Problem: New Massachusetts Studies Aim to Unlock the Mysteries of Chronic Disease (August 29, 2023)
Think Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations, Long COVID May Catalyze New Treatments for Chronic Pain and Fatigue (November 28, 2022)
Yale School of Medicine Magazine, Will Long COVID Research Provide Answers for Poorly Understood Diseases Like ME/CFS? (November 1, 2022)
MedPage Today, Long COVID and ME/CFS (September 28, 2022)
The Atlantic, Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases (September 26, 2022)
lymedisease.org, LYME SCI: Do long COVID and long Lyme both activate mast cells? (February 10, 2022)
The New York Times, The Covid Vaccine We Need Now May Not Be a Shot (February 2, 2022)
NPR, Coronavirus FAQ: Why are some folks hacking home COVID tests by swabbing their throat? (January 12, 2022)
Tittle Press, Are throat swabs better at detecting Omicron in Covid-19 rapid tests? (January 11, 2022)
NPR, Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here's the evidence (October 12, 2021)
The Atlantic, The Coronavirus Could Get Worse (August 24, 2021)
The New York Times, Behind the masks, a mystery: How often do the vaccinated spread the virus? (July 29, 2021)
The Atlantic, Vaccines Are Great. Masks Make Them Even Better (July 28, 2021)
NBC News, First Covid vaccine dose: What can you do after your first shot? (April 6, 2021)
CBC News, Finding the 'sweet spot' between freedoms and restrictions post-vaccination (February 12, 2021)
The New Republic, If the U.S. Already Had a Covid Variant, We Wouldn’t Know (December 22, 2020)
The New York Times, Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask (December 8, 2020)