Many people around the world have lost their sense of smell this past year due to COVID-19. Before the pandemic, scientists had already begun to gain a deeper understanding of how sophisticated our sense of smell is and how it is intertwined with our mental...
Danielle Reed studies how genetics impact what we can or cannot taste and smell at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. Her timely research sheds light on the unusual way that COVID-19 affects taste and smell. She even explains how a smell test can...
Loss of smell is a common symptom of COVID-19, and about 10% of patients suffer from long-term smell dysfunction, researchers say. Can the nose be retrained to detect odors correctly?...
