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    Why does Covid-19 kill more men than women? Researchers grapple with gender mystery

    Australian project to remove the sex and gender biases commonly seen in medical research to study global coronavirus data for men and women separately
    by Melissa Davey Jun 24, 2020 3 minutes
    Medical staff check on a coronavirus patient in Mexico. While Covid-19 is killing more men than women, the virus is impacting frontline health workers who are predominantly women. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

    Why Covid-19 seems to kill more men than women, and how the virus is impacting frontline health workers who are predominantly women, are some of the unanswered questions researchers are grappling with amid the global pandemic.

    On Thursday, the Australian Human Rights Institute announced it had partnered with the George Institute for Global Health to undertake two Covid-19 research projects that that can prevent patients from getting the best care. Traditionally, medical research has been dominated by men in lead research roles, and their

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