Vaccinated Mothers Pass on Immunity to Newborns and Reduce Risk of Infants Hospitalization

For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown that if moms got a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination, their babies had 61% less chances of hospitalization, according to the analysis.

Pregnant and nursing women should be vaccinated, according to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who found that vaccines may pass on immunity to newborns.

The Collected Data

From July 2021 to January 2022, researchers at 20 children’s hospitals in 17 states gathered data on 379 babies under the age of six months. 84% of the 176 newborns admitted by hospital with COVID-19 were delivered to moms who had not received the vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study’s researchers noted that the mother of one of the study’s deceased infants was not immunized.

Babies less than six months are the main focus of public health officials as a COVID-19 infection might cause life-threatening consequences, such as acute respiratory failure, according to the findings of the research.

COVID-19 immunizations for pregnant women were formally approved last year by the Centers for Disease Control. Expectant mothers infected with COVID-19, according to health experts, face an increased risk of serious problems and even death.

The CDC said that further research is required to compare vaccination before and throughout pregnancy in its findings.

 “Protection was higher among infants whose mothers were vaccinated later in pregnancy.”

Women who are pregnant, nursing, or attempting to conceive should also get their COVID-19 immunizations, according to the CDC.

According to Dr. Michael Nimaroff, senior vice president and executive director of Ob/Gyn services at Northwell Health in New York, the CDC research has underlined the extra advantage of COVID immunization for expectant mothers: protection for the newborn infant up to 6 months of age. He was not a participant in the research.

The Food and Drug Administration has not approved the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to kids under five years old.