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In countries more biased against women, higher COVID-19 death rates for men might not tell an accurate story

  • Written by Yeva Aleksanyan, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Colorado State University
imageGender norms can affect every aspect of a person's life, including their health.YES BRASIL/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pandemics and recessions have the potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities between men and women.

Many social factors can put women at a higher risk of infection during a pandemic. In almost all societies, women assume...

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