Researchers identify a reduction in the PLCβ2 protein as the cause for long-term sweet, bitter, and umami taste loss in post-COVID patients.

Research links persistent loss of sweet, bitter and umami taste to reduced levels of key taste-cell proteinScientists have identified molecular and ...

Scientists have identified molecular and structural changes in taste buds that may explain why a small subset of people experience long-term taste ...

If you haven’t experienced it yourself, you probably know someone who lost their sense of taste or smell from COVID-19. “This virus has receptors including the ACE-2 that it binds to. And the ACE-2 ...

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 ...

“It was a weird experience,” said Lauren McAlexander. “I didn't have an appetite, I wasn't hungry. It wasn't fun to eat, because I couldn't taste anything so it was never like I'm going to make a ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If you've ever lost your taste or smell, whether due to COVID or not, some Philadelphia researchers want to hear from you. Monell Chemical Senses Center is conducting the ...

Medical groups representing ear, nose and throat specialists warned early on in the pandemic that loss of a sense in smell or taste is a symptom of the coronavirus. It is now one of the most commonly ...