Such knowledge could be particularly useful when it comes to COVID-19. Granted, the symptoms of the latest Omicron variants don’t tend to be severe, but testing positive means isolating for several ...

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.

Researchers identify a reduction in the PLCβ2 protein as the cause for long-term sweet, bitter, and umami taste loss in post-COVID patients.

Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of ...

Households will be able to obtain four free antigen COVID-19 tests by visiting COVIDtests.gov, and filling out their name and shipping address, a repeat of the 2023 program. And the department says ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new commercially available test called T-Detect has received emergency use authorization from the FDA. The manufacturer says it has the power to tell most patients whether or not ...

Research links persistent loss of sweet, bitter and umami taste to reduced levels of key taste-cell proteinScientists have identified molecular and ...

A new tool to detect COVID-19 has four legs and a tail. Dogs are sniffing out the virus on college campuses and soon at the state Capitol. A team of Florida International University (FIU) researchers ...