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More studies reporting sex-disaggregated outcomes are needed, but early clues shed light on how your risk may differ based on your assigned sex.

Sex differences in COVID death rates vary by state and across time, suggesting social factors play a role.

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Black Women In Georgia and Michigan Died From COVID-19 At Nearly 4 Times The Rate Of White Men, Study Finds The findings were perplexing to the Harvard researchers, considering men overall are dying at far higher rates from COVID-19 than women. Today Researchers from Harvard University have released an alarming report that found Black women in Georgia and Michigan were dying from COVID-19 at nearly four times the rate of white men.  Since COVID-19 emerged last year, multiple studies have shown that Black people are generally dying at a much higher rate than white people in the United States....

Black women 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than White men By Kate Gibson Data shows racial disparity in vaccine recipients Since the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, it's been widely believed that men are more likely to die of COVID-19 than women. Now, research is challenging the notion that the likelihood of dying of the disease largely comes down to biology, finding that coronavirus mortality rates for Black women in the U.S. are more than three times that of White and Asian men.  Black women in the U.S. are dying from the virus at a higher rate tha...