On the most basic level, our sense of taste keeps us safe: things that are bad for us tend to taste bitter. Although your taste buds detect the flavor of hot foods such as chilies, it is actually your ...

The kitchen might be the best place for people to counter taste and smell loss. Using more herbs and spices, for example, can enhance flavor.

Thanks to vaccines, the rates of severe COVID-19 in the US have gone down dramatically. However, it's still possible to contract the disease and suffer long-term effects, one of which is the loss of ...

"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 ...

For people who are dealing with a loss of smell and taste after battling COVID-19, the side effects and impact on their life can last for months. How are doctors "fixing" the problem? It's a simple ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the brain and the body but sometimes other things. According to a new study, two-thirds of people admitted to the ...

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 ...

Doctors in the U.K. found that it was a common trait in patients who had contracted the coronavirus, however it is also a frequent symptom of the common cold Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports ...

NBA star Rudy Gobert says he's lost his sense his smell and taste over the last few days after testing positive for coronavirus less than two weeks ago. Gobert wondered publicly about his symptoms, ...

It was four days into her suspected COVID-19 infection that Olivia Haynes realized she couldn’t smell or taste anything. Her dry cough and fever had briefly subsided and her appetite had returned, so ...

We all know the senses: there’s sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing, and the sixth senses A through F. Now, though, there’s a “seventh” on the cards – and it’s spookier than you might expect. It’s the ...