Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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A large study of infants shows that getting a covid-19 vaccination while pregnant can significantly reduce your child's infection risk two months after birth

By Grace Wade

7 March 2023

Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith Garc?a-Gonz?lez, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect infants from infection through their first six months of life, but it may be less effective against newer covid-19 variants.

Ousseny Zerbo at Kaiser Permanente in California and his colleagues examined the effectiveness of vaccination during pregnancy against covid-19 in 30,311 infants who were born between 15 December 2020 and 31 May 2022 at 20 health centres in northern California. Of the infants, 19,418 had unvaccinated mothers, 9755 had mothers who …

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