For most patients, the loss faded within weeks or months. But for a smaller group, taste never fully returned. Even years after infection, certain flavors remain muted or completely absent.

A new study provides the first direct biological evidence explaining why some people continue to experience taste loss long after recovering from COVID-19.

Learn how researchers may have finally uncovered why some people experience long-lasting taste loss after COVID-19.

Some individuals have experienced a loss of taste long after a COVID-19 infection has subsided. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala University and the University ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Even after the virus disappears, some people continue to experience altered taste. New research ...

Taste dysfunction was gone 1 year after acute COVID-19, but smell loss remained for some people. Olfactory dysfunction was present in 30% of people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and 21% of ...

COVID is known to cause changes in taste, and they can linger even after other symptoms have resolved.

Scientists have identified molecular and structural changes in taste buds that may explain why a small subset of people experience long-term taste loss after COVID-19 infection. The study, published ...