Willy Wonka-style chewing gum ‘restores taste and smell’

The invention recalls the gum devised by Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl, which tasted like a ...

Hantavirus Is Nothing Like Coronavirus, but It’s Bringing Some ‘Covid P.T.S.D.’

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns ...
Food & Wine

Can’t Taste Like You Used To? COVID-19 May Be the Reason — Even Years Later

In a small study, patients reporting long-term taste changes showed molecular disruptions and structural irregularities in their taste buds. COVID-19–related taste loss may persist long after ...
News Medical

Long COVID taste loss tied to reduced expression of key taste genes

Even after the virus disappears, some people continue to experience altered taste. New research suggests that subtle molecular changes in taste receptor cells, not visible damage, may explain why ...
Los Angeles Times

Why COVID keeps roaring back every summer, even as pandemic fades from public view

Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each summer, we get a ...