Babies Receive Protection , When Pregnant Moms Get Vaccinated, New Study Shows.
NPR reports a new study has found that when expectant mothers receive a COVID-19 vaccine, their unborn babies receive protection as well.
NPR reports a new study has found that when expectant mothers receive a COVID-19 vaccine, their unborn babies receive protection as well.
The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), .
Says infants whose mothers were fully vaccinated while pregnant were 61% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 in the first six months of their lives.
The bottom line is that maternal vaccination is a really important way to help protect these young infants.
, Dr. Dana Meany-Delmna, chief of Infant Outcome Monitoring Research and Prevention, CDC, via NPR.
Health officials say the newfound data is especially relevant, as no coronavirus vaccines for infants aged six months or younger have yet been authorized.
The CDC says 84% of infants in the study hospitalized with COVID-19 had been born to unvaccinated mothers.
Past studies have also suggested vaccinated mothers were transferring COVID-19 antibodies to their young.
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Experts say this study offers proof that those suggestions were true.
I think it's a very important study because it shows real-world efficacy, and we know that antibody titers are a correlate of protection... , Dr. Andrea Edlow, maternal physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, via NPR.
But here they actually showed the correlation that it is protective.
, Dr. Andrea Edlow, maternal physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, via NPR
