Back when COVID-19 testing was in its early stages, Kai Halsey-Mendez had to wait a week before he was officially diagnosed. He was diagnosed on April 1, but started experiencing symptoms of the ...

Taste dysfunction was gone 1 year after acute COVID-19, but smell loss remained for some people. Olfactory dysfunction was present in 30% of people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and 21% of ...

Even after the virus disappears, some people continue to experience altered taste. New research suggests that subtle molecular changes in taste receptor cells, not visible damage, may explain why ...

In a small study, patients reporting long-term taste changes showed molecular disruptions and structural irregularities in their taste buds. COVID-19–related taste loss may persist long after ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: Tap dancers dressed in nose shaped costumes perform during the Opera Australia 2018 Season Launch at Sydney Opera House on August 22, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo ...

A COVID-19 infection left millions of patients without their full sense of taste or smell returning, study says. Elly Johnson via Unsplash Millions of people who strangely lost their ability to taste ...

University of East Anglia research reveals that smell loss can affect quality of life as severely as conditions including ...

Several articles circulating on social media claim that losing the senses of smell and taste is the first indicator of a COVID-19 infection. Is this true? At the moment, no peer-reviewed study or ...

Loss of taste and smell has been linked with depression, but historically it has largely been treated as an inconvenience ...