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Recent study revealed that 7 out of 10 folks with previous COVID infections didn’t realize they had an impaired sense of smell

Jennifer Sandlin
Dec 16, 2025
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Research from the RECOVER (Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery) Consortium that was recently published in JAMA Network Open revealed that many folks who catch and survive COVID-19 have an impaired sense of smell, even years after infection, but may not know it. The study, which sought to answer the question, “What are patterns of olfactory dysfunction…

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