A new study from outside the UK has found that loss of smell or taste is a “very reliable” indicator that someone has contracted Covid-19. While there are definitely other possible causes for a person’s loss of smell or taste, given the current epidemic, researchers say people who experience these …
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Five taste sensations and only three types of taste cells form the world of tastes – or so we thought. A new discovery indicates that there could be more complexity to this equation than we first thought. Researchers working with rodents have identified a new population of taste buds, and …
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Many COVID-19 patients around the world have revealed that one of their first symptoms was losing their sense of smell. Until now, scientists have been puzzled by how a virus can rob your senses. However, researchers at Harvard Medical School discovered that temporary loss of smell, called anosmia, is one …
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