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  "path": "/scientists-discover-why-some-covid-survivors-still-cant-taste-food-years-later/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T22:45:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "COVID-19",
    "Long COVID",
    "Molecular Biology",
    "Neuroscience",
    "Taste",
    "University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus"
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  "textContent": "A new study provides the first direct biological evidence explaining why some people continue to experience taste loss long after recovering from COVID-19. Researchers have uncovered specific biological changes in taste buds that could help explain why a small number of people continue to struggle with taste loss long after a COVID-19 infection. The study, [...]",
  "title": "Scientists Discover Why Some COVID Survivors Still Can’t Taste Food Years Later"
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