In the study, published in the journal BMJ, researchers say that loss of smell may be long-lasting in almost 6% of patients, and more than 4% may not recover their sense of taste. About 5% of adults who have been infected with COVID-19 (at least 27 million cases around the world) may lose their sense of smell or […]
Extreme heat exposure raises the risk of both chronic and acute malnutrition in infants and children
Ortiz-Bobea is an associate professor and applied agricultural economist at Cornell University and also a co-author of “Heat exposure and child nutrition: Evidence from West Africa,” published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, with John Hoddinott, a professor of food and nutrition economics and policy at Cornell. The researchers estimate that if the […]
