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Physicians around the world are taking note of COVID-19 patients who have lost their sense of smell, known as anosmia, or taste, known as ageusia, write Steven Munger and Jeb Justice, University of Florida chemosensory researchers who study these disorders. While it’s too soon to know for sure whether losing your ability to smell or taste things is in fact a symptom of this new disease, Munger and Justice offer some insight on what to do if that happens to you.
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Steven D. Munger, University of Florida; Jeb M. Justice, University of Florida
Patients who later test positive for COVID-19 are reporting early loss of smell and taste. Researchers are now trying to understand if this could be an early sign of the disease.
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Economy + Business
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Roshanak Mehdipanah, University of Michigan; Gregory Sallabank, University of Michigan
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Tracy Roof, University of Richmond
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Health
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Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida; David Dosa, Brown University; Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida
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Hector Chapa, Texas A&M University
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Science + Technology
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Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia
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Daniella McCahey, University of Idaho
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Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University
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Politics + Society
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David Cuillier, University of Arizona
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Rebecca Tippett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California
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Lynnette Arnold, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Ethics + Religion
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Cavan W. Concannon, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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