It's a mystery that has left doctors scratching their heads for decades: Why, compared to women, are men more likely to get sick and even die from viral infections?
Take SARS-CoV-2, for example. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), males made up a majority of COVID-19 deaths. In fact, males were three times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit and had a 15 percent higher chance of dying than females.
