A new study provides the first direct biological evidence explaining why some people continue to experience taste loss long after recovering from COVID-19.

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Even after the virus disappears, some people continue to experience altered taste. New research ...

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

When COVID-19 began spreading across the world, one of its most unusual symptoms quickly came into focus: the sudden disappearance of taste. People described coffee tasting like hot water or their ...

COVID is known to cause changes in taste, and they can linger even after other symptoms have resolved.

Some individuals have experienced a loss of taste long after a COVID-19 infection has subsided. Researchers from the Swedish ...

Researchers found reduced PLCβ2 and structural damage in taste buds of long-term post-COVID patients. Sweet, bitter, and umami signaling were impaired, while salty and sour pathways stayed intact, ...

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

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 ...