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 ...

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 ...

Every family has that one recipe written on a worn card, passed down for generations and perfected by someone’s grandmother.… ...

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 ...

Research using optogenetics, which utilizes light to manipulate gene expression, has found that taste cells that sense sour also function in the detection of water on the tongues of mice. After ...

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 ...

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, ...