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Why coronavirus hits men harder: sex hormones offer clues

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Men, like this one being carried into a medical center for COVID-19 patients in Moscow, tend to get sicker from the coronavirus than women.

By Meredith WadmanScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. In January, one of the first publications on those sickened by the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, reported that three out of every four hospitalized patients were male.

Data from around the world have since confirmed that men face a greater risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 than women and that children are largely spared.

Now, scientists investigating how the virus does its deadly work have zeroed in on a possible reason: Androgens—male hormones such as testosterone—appear to boost the virus’ ability to

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