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Shift Work May Triple the Risk of COVID-19

  • May 08, 2021

A new study shows people who work shifts — a work schedule outside of the daytime hours of 9 to 5 — are up to three times more likely to be infected with COVID-19. Researchers say working long-term night shifts or working shift rotations may cause "circadian misalignment," which could increase a person's susceptibility to COVID-19. Shift workers involved in the study tended to be younger, male smokers of nonwhite ethnicity with a higher body mass index and higher levels of...