Olfaction, commonly known as the sense of smell, is a sensory system that together with taste enables an organism to detect chemicals in the external environment. It is present in most species and is ...

A COVID-19 infection left millions of patients without their full sense of taste or smell returning, study says. Elly Johnson via Unsplash Millions of people who strangely lost their ability to taste ...

Share on Pinterest Some people with long COVID have distortions in their smell of sense for months. F.J. Jimenez/Getty Images Some people with long COVID report lasting alterations to their sense of ...

You probably know that certain senses, like hearing and vision, become less acute with age. But you might not realize that taste is another one. In a 2025 study published in The International Forum of ...