Sex Differences Could Be Key to Long Covid: Lisa Jarvis

March 7, 2024, 12:30 PM UTC

Among the many mysteries about long Covid, one of the most vexing has been why women seem to experience the condition more often and more severely than men. Now, scientists are starting to think hormones — and the different ways they affect women and men — could be part of the puzzle.

A new study
by a prominent team of researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that women with long Covid had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection. That difference seems to driving ...

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