ARE WOMEN THE FITTER SEX?

Channel 4, 10pm

It’s clear that there are many diseases where men are affected far worse than women. And tonight, Dr Ronx Ikharia, an emergency doctor who appeared on the documentary Is Covid Racist?, is investigating why more male patients die from the coronavirus than female. Meeting experts, Ronx discovers this medical gender bias is not restricted to today’s pandemic, but is true across many viruses and diseases, including SARS, cancer and HIV. Women, it appears, are the stronger sex. But alongside this natural advantage, a dangerous gender data gap also exists, undermining how women are treated within the healthcare system, leading to misdiagnoses and deaths. Delving into personal experience and challenging their own biases, Ronx asks what must be done to mend our divided healthcare.