Ahmad R. Sedaghat, MD, PhD

Very grateful for the opportunity to speak about parosmia (distorted sense of smell) after COVID-19 on The News with Shepard Smith" on CNBC:

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/09/22/11-year-olds-sense-of-smell.html

Check it out!

Covid-19 makes things smell repulsive to 11-year-old CNBC's Andrea Day joins Shep Smith to discuss parosmia, which is a side-effect of Covid-19 that can make things smell repulsive.

Check out this interview I did with Michael Monks at Cincinnati Public Radio about some recent research that our group performed on using portable air purifiers with HEPA filters as an easy way to reduce COVID-19 transmission.

At the University of Cincinnati, we've been using these in our clinical offices since the beginning of the pandemic to protect our patients and staff but these portable air purifiers can just as easily be used at home, workplace or anywhere people may gather. You use these portable air purifiers all of the time to reduce airborne allergens - now use them to reduce airborne coronavirus!

HEPA Purifiers For Indoor Gatherings Could Prevent COVID-19 Now that more of us are gathering together indoors as pandemic restrictions ease, there are still precautions you can take to prevent the spread of COVID

In our allergy practice at the University of Cincinnati, we get a lot of questions from our patients about the COVID-19 vaccine and a history of allergy, a history of anaphylaxis and allergy shots (immunotherapy). Many of our patients have either a significant allergy history and/or are receiving allergy shots and they understandably have questions related to whether they can/should get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here is a link to a blog post on our website that addresses many of these questions that we get on the COVID-19 vaccine and allergies:

Should I get the COVID Vaccine if I have a history of allergies? The long-awaited vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is here and hopefully will be available to our population over the next several months. One question that may arise in patients with a history of allergies, is should I get the new vaccine? The short answer is likely YES, unless you have a history of sever...