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