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Researchers look at why schizophrenia is risk factor for dying of COVID-19

Published March 29, 2022 at 12:11 PM CDT

Having schizophrenia has emerged as the second biggest risk factor for dying from COVID-19, after advanced age. This finding could help drive new research about mental illness and the immune system.

April Dembosky at KQED in San Francisco explains.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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