Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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A ample survey of infants shows that getting a covid-19 vaccination portion large tin importantly trim your child's corruption hazard 2 months aft birth

By Grace Wade

7 March 2023

Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster changeable from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) astatine Eugene A. Obregon Park connected Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 successful 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, volition big a media lawsuit kicking disconnected COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 successful Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is projected to beryllium fixed successful 2 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccination during gestation helps support infants from corruption done their archetypal six months of life, but it whitethorn beryllium little effectual against newer covid-19 variants.

Ousseny Zerbo astatine Kaiser Permanente successful California and his colleagues examined the effectiveness of vaccination during gestation against covid-19 successful 30,311 infants who were calved betwixt 15 December 2020 and 31 May 2022 astatine 20 wellness centres successful bluish California. Of the infants, 19,418 had unvaccinated mothers, 9755 had mothers who …

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