"Before this study, most scientists thought that the loss of smell in COVID-19 was mainly due to inflammation and damage to the olfactory nerves. Now, we have compiled evidence from medical imaging that COVID-19loss of smellis also due to swelling and blockage of the passages in the nose...
How does Covid-19 infection affect smell?Covid-19Smell loss, hyposmia, stem cells, nasal mucus, theophyllineMetabolic disorderdoi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102912Robert I. HenkinAmerican Journal of Otolaryngology
This is where the failure of the federal government to ensure adequate testing capacity for COVID-19 is having a major economic effect as well as a health effect. Had adequate testing capacity been built up in January and February, when there was a chance to do so, the country would be ...
stem cells, nasal mucus, theophylline Metabolic disorder Loss of smell is a common sequela after a patient experiences Covid- 19 infection; as many as 68% of patients who experience Covid-19 infection have loss of smell [1]. While this symptom is commonly transient and can occur in absence...
What particularly concerns us as neuroscientists is that many long COVID sufferers report difficulties with attention and planning—known as "brainfog." So how does COVID affect the brain? Here's what we know so far. How does the virus get to our brains?
2020 is the last year of China's 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP). However, the sudden COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the original pace of production and life. It's also a major test for the country's public health system. "The practice of fighting COVID-19 exposed many loop...
How Long Does COVID Last? You may wonder if COVID-19 is still a thing or how long an infection lasts, especially if you're having symptoms. For most people with mild infections, COVID goes away after a few weeks. But for others, the symptoms can linger for weeks or months. ...
The good news is that there should be enough work to go around. If you have the experience, use it to your benefit. If you do not, your portfolio can work for you, even if it is just your own professional website. The COVID-19 crisis has made everything uncertain. However, as fre...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. While previous studies have demonstrated high predictive...
Recent research indicates that during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of working-aged U.S. adults without health insurance did not change despite increases in unemployment, and the prevalence of unhealthy behaviors decreased. The