New research is showing why a larger percentage of menโparticularly bald menโare having worse Covid-19 outcomes than women.
Researchers at Brown University point to androgens, the group of hormones which causes hair loss in men. Theyโve determined androgens are linked to severe cases of Covid-19 and suggest their discovery could be called the โGabrin Sign,โ named for the first U.S. physician to die of Covid-19 in the United States. Dr. Frank Gabrin was bald.