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Hidden Immune Weakness Found in 14% of Gravely Ill COVID-19 Patients – Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Research published in Science may help explain why men are more likely than women to develop life-threatening COVID-19.

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Sciences COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
From the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists baffled by the diseases ferocity have wondered whether the bodys vanguard virus fighter, a molecular messenger called type I interferon, is missing in action in some severe cases. Two papers published online in Science confirm that suspicion. They reveal that in a significant minority of patients with serious COVID-19, the interferon respo…

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