New research finds that adult men are significantly more likely to need intensive care treatment for COVID-19
11 Dec 2020, 3:28 p.m.
Adult men have almost three times the odds of needing admission to intensive care and 40% higher odds of dying from COVID-19 than women, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the University of Cape Town.
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