Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re among the 19% of Americans who report changes in their sense of taste as they get older, it might be some cause for ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." While there’s still no cure to loss of taste and smell due to COVID-19, those who are stuck ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Smell loss became the cardinal symptom of COVID-19 early in the pandemic and has ignited research on how smell and taste function. An international study led by the Global Consortium for Chemosensory ...

For millions of people, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Roughly one in four people who were sick with COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic have yet to regain their sense of smell or ...

Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...