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 ...

Olfactory dysfunction, especially for smell, is more common in individuals with prior COVID-19 versus individuals with no history of infection, with deficits varying by severe acute respiratory ...

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 ...

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Sometimes referred to as ‘Stratus’ or the ‘American strain’, the variant first identified in January 2025 has since spread ...