Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, then Sabra Klein joins us to discuss the effect of sex, gender, and age on viral infectious disease, including COVID-19.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello,Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker

Guests: Daniel Griffin, Chuck Knirsch, and Sabra Klein

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Links for this episode

• SeXX matters in infectious disease pathogenesis (PLoS Path)
• Sex and gender impact immune responses to vaccines (Physiol)
• Testosterone and disease severity in mice (Cell Immunol)
• Age-associated effects on impact of sex steroids on vaccine responses (NPJ Vaccines)
• Evolution of greater humoral immunity in females (Curr Opin Physiol)
• Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 (Biol Sex Diff)
• COVID-19 trials should include sex as variable (J Clin Inves)
• Global Health 50/50
• Image credit
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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