{"id":17442,"date":"2021-01-06T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17442"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:36:01","slug":"how-covid-19-attacks-the-brain-and-may-cause-lasting-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17442","title":{"rendered":"How COVID-19 Attacks The Brain And May Cause Lasting Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Early in the pandemic, people with COVID-19 began reporting an odd symptom: the loss of smell and taste.<\/p>\n<p>The reason wasn&#8217;t congestion. Somehow, the SARS-CoV-2 virus appeared to be affecting nerves that carry information from the nose to the brain.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2021\/01\/05\/953705563\/how-covid-19-attacks-the-brain-and-may-cause-lasting-damage\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Early in the pandemic, people with COVID-19 began reporting an odd symptom: the loss of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17443,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17442\/revisions\/17443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}