Learn how researchers may have finally uncovered why some people experience long-lasting taste loss after COVID-19.

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.

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

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 loss after COVID-19 infection. The study, published ...

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 ...