Back when COVID-19 testing was in its early stages, Kai Halsey-Mendez had to wait a week before he was officially diagnosed. He was diagnosed on April 1, but started experiencing symptoms of the ...

Once a hallmark sign of many COVID-19 cases — sometimes more reliable than even flu-like symptoms at sniffing out people infected by the virus early in the pandemic — was the sudden loss of smell and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — COVID-19 symptoms have evolved since the first patients were infected more than three years ago. Initially, the loss of taste or smell was a sign that pointed straight to COVID, ...

Fever, cough and body aches can point to flu, viral fever or Covid. With symptoms overlapping and risks varying, doctors say knowing how to differentiate early can prevent complications and stop ...

As many as 1 in 4 Americans who experienced loss of taste and smell from COVID-19 had only partial or even no recovery from this symptom, according to a new study published in the journal The ...

Several articles circulating on social media claim that losing the senses of smell and taste is the first indicator of a COVID-19 infection. Is this true? At the moment, no peer-reviewed study or ...

A new study reveals that loss of smell and taste is strongly associated with COVID-19. The researchers, who detailed their findings in the journal International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, examined ...

The findings, published May 26 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, found that recent omicron variants have smell and taste loss at only 6 percent to 7 percent of early-stage variants. Six ...

Recognized symptoms of the novel coronavirus include fever, cough, and shortness of breath, but ear, nose, and throat specialists are calling on public health authorities to acknowledge another ...