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Do you wonder what is causing you to taste blood in your mouth? There are many possible reasons, including certain medications, ear surgery, infections like COVID-19, iron supplements to treat anemia, ...

Several articles circulating on social media claim that losing the senses of smell and taste is the first indicator of a COVID-19 infection. Is this true? At the moment, no peer-reviewed study or ...

It's fall, y'all, and you know what that means—temperatures and leaves drop, football season is in full swing, pumpkin spice everything takes over your senses...and COVID-19 is likely to run rampant ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

As the pollen count rises in North Carolina, some allergy symptoms have people questioning if they're dealing with COVID-19. "There is some confusion now that environmental allergy season is picking ...

If you’ve ever bumped your lip or bitten the inside of your cheek a little too hard, then you know that blood has a distinct metallic taste. That’s because it’s filled with red blood cells, which ...

Thanksgiving week is typically one of the biggest travel periods of the year, but winter holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve aren't that far behind—and all that traveling, ...