TWiV 976: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses China reporting almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths after abrupt shift in policy, detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgA and IgG in human milk and breastfeeding infant stool 6 months after maternal COVID-19 vaccination, effect of Fluvoxamine vs placebo on time to sustained recovery in outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19, hyperimmune globulin for severely immunocompromised patients hospitalized with COVID-19, long COVID outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection, long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations, a systematic review of trials currently inves...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 21, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Coronapod: should you have a COVID vaccine when breastfeeding?
Early vaccine trials did not include pregnant or breastfeeding people which left some people asking whether COVID vaccines are safe and effective for those who are breastfeeding. The latest data suggests that they are and in this episode of Coronapod we dig into the questions scientists have been asking. Could the vaccine make it into breastmilk? Can COVID antibodies be transferred to a breastfeeding child? And if so, how?News Feature: COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data saySubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Coronapod: should you have a COVID vaccine when breastfeeding?
Early vaccine trials did not include pregnant or breastfeeding people which left some people asking whether COVID vaccines are safe and effective for those who are breastfeeding. The latest data suggests that they are and in this episode of Coronapod we dig into the questions scientists have been asking. Could the vaccine make it into breastmilk? Can COVID antibodies be transferred to a breastfeeding child? And if so, how?News Feature: COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data saySubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus Vaccination in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Individuals
As US vaccine distribution expands to include younger healthier populations, questions about vaccine safety in women of childbearing age have become more urgent. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Catherine Y. Spong, MD, and Emory University School of Medicine's Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH, both eminent obstetrician/gynecologists, join JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in pregnant and nursing mothers, and in individuals trying to get pregnant. Recorded February 8, 2020. Related Article(s): Pregnancy, Postpartum Care, and COVID-19 Vaccination in 2021 (Source: ...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - February 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Treatment for breast engorgement (overfull, hard, painful breasts) in breastfeeding women
Many women who are breastfeeding experience breast engorgement and this can be a very distressing condition.   Several possible treatments are known. The evidence for these were brought together in a third update to the relevant Cochrane Review in September 2020. The two authors, Irena Zakarija-Grković from Cochrane Croatia, based at the University of Split School of Medicine, and Fiona Stewart from the University of Liverpool in the UK talk about their findings in this podcast, starting with Fiona. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Otolaryngology –Head & Neck Surgery : Association of Feeding Evaluation With Frenotomy Rates in Infants With Breastfeeding Difficulties
Interview with Christopher J. Hartnick, MD, Ms Epi, author of Association of Feeding Evaluation With Frenotomy Rates in Infants With Breastfeeding Difficulties (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - July 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: podcasts

FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA restricts use of prescription codeine pain and cough medicines and tramadol pain medicines in children; recommends against use in breastfeeding women
An audio podcast of the April 20, 2017 FDA Drug Safety Communication. The FDA is restricting the use of codeine and tramadol medicines in children. The FDA is also recommending against the use of codeine and tramadol medicines in breastfeeding mothers due to possible harm to their infants. (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - February 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts

Does breastfeeding reduce vaccination pain in babies aged 1 to 12 months?
In their first year of life, babies are likely to receive many vaccinations, which are vital for public health. However, the experience can be painful and distressing for the babies and their parents. In a new Cochrane Review from October 2016, Denise Harrison from the University of Ottawa in Canada and colleagues examined the research into whether breastfeeding might reduce this pain. She tells us what they found in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

FDA Drug Safety Podcast: FDA restricts use of prescription codeine pain and cough medicines and tramadol pain medicines in children; recommends against use in breastfeeding women
On April 20, 2017, FDA announced it is restricting the use of codeine and tramadol medicines in children. (Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts)
Source: FDA Drug Safety Podcasts - April 26, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: podcasts

Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full-term infants
It is generally recommended that babies should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, but most are given some additional fluids or foods during this period. In August 2016, Hazel Smith from Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Dublin and Genevieve Becker from BEST services in Galway in Ireland updated the Cochrane Review of the randomised trials and we asked Hazel to tell us about their current findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 6, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Support for breastfeeding mothers
Several reviews from the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group present evidence on ways to help mothers to breast feed their babies. In the latest version of one of these, in February 2017, Alison McFadden from the University of Dundee in Scotland and her co-authors present the latest evidence and we asked her to update us in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 1, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts