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Pregnant people who get COVID-19 may pass antibodies along to babies – Business Insider – Business Insider
The study raises questions about whether giving COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant mothers could help protect their babies, too.
Pregnant people who get COVID-19 may pass some disease-fighting benefits along to their babies, a new study published Friday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics suggests.
The study measured COVID-19 antibodies in 83 new mothers at a Pennsylvania hospital last year, and found 87% of their newborns developed measurable antibodies in their umbilical cords. The antibodies popped up both in the cords of babies whose mothers had coronavirus symptoms, and those who had none.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that…
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