New York Times quoted Bérénice Benayoun of USC Leonard Davis School in a story discussing how women outlive men by a significant margin, with a life expectancy of around 80 years compared to 75 years for men in the U.S. “There’s decent data showing that, at least before menopause, the female immune system tends to be better, more on it and better able to mount responses. … [males] tend to do much worse in response to infection.”
