Ask the Experts: Why Women Have Better Covid-19 Outcomes
September 1, 2020
Last Reviewed: October 2021
Q. Why have more men than women died from or been severely affected by the coronavirus that causes Covid-19? Researchers have found that the immune systems of men and women differ in important ways. For example, women have higher numbers of specific immune cells (including a type known as “helper” cells) and a more favorable […]