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Daily DIY sniff checks could catch many cases of COVID-19

  • Written by John E. Hayes, Professor of Food Science, Penn State
imageSuddenly unable to smell your morning coffee? You likely have COVID-19. Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment via Getty Images

Smell loss – called anosmia – is a common symptom of COVID-19. For the past nine months, the two of us – a sensory scientist and an infectious disease epidemiologist – have applied our respective expertise to...

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