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Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?

  • Written by Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
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All over the world – in China, Italy, the United States and Australia – many more men than women are dying from COVID-19.

Why? Is it genes, hormones, the immune system – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the disease?


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