Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD COVID-19 is a viral infection that typically causes symptoms like fever, chills, cough, and loss of smell or taste. Less commonly, COVID can also affect the middle ...

"Some sites are more prone to infection than others. For example, high-rim ear piercings in the cartilage lead to infections more often than earlobe piercings because they don't have as much blood ...