CNN (3/13, LaMotte) reports “sleeping less than six hours the night before you get” a vaccine “may limit your body’s response to the vaccine, reducing protection against the virus or bacteria, according to a…study.” Notably, “the impact of poor sleep on immune response to a vaccine was only scientifically relevant in men.” In terms of “why would a man’s immunity be affected when a woman’s was not,” researchers said, “The evidence is that these differences reflect hormonal, genetic and environmental differences, which can change over the lifespan, so these differences may be less prominent among older adults.” The findings were published in Current Biology.
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— “Sleep affects your immunity after vaccination. Here’s how “Sandee LaMotte, CNN, March 13, 2023