Research Discovers Vaccinating Women Against COVID-19 Passes Antibodies to Unborn Babies
Researchers from Harvard, MIT, the Ragon Institute of MGH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital recently conducted a study that discovered that the new mRNA coronavirus vaccines were highly efficacious in producing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in lactating and pregnant women. The researchers also showed that the vaccines offered protective immunity to newborns through the placenta and breast milk. Their findings were reported in the “American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology” and observed 131 women, 16 of whom weren’t pregnant, 31 who were lactating and 84 who were pregnant, all of reproductive age. All the study participants…