Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines, pass antibodies to newborns

(Massachusetts General Hospital) In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have found the new mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be highly effective in producing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in pregnant and lactating women. They also demonstrated the vaccines confer protective immunity to newborns through breastmilk and the placenta.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news