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As of date, both Moderna and Pfizer are testing their vaccines on infants as young as six months. But before the vaccine can make it to infants, breastfeeding vaccinated moms have already thought of ways to boost the immunity of other infants, potentially saving them from the risk of the pandemic with COVID-19 antibodies through their breastmilk. Studies have shown this can be life-saving.
Small Study as Basis for COVID-19 Antibodies
Recent studies suggest COVID-19 antibodies may be passed on from mother to infant during breastfeeding, CTVNews reported. Previously, research had also determined that infants carried antibodies when their mother was infected with COVID-19. The latest data looks into passing those antibodies to other infants through the breastmilk of vaccinated mothers.
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COVID-19 antibodies persist in breast milk for months following mother’s vaccination
Nursing mothers who receive a COVID-19 vaccine may pass protective antibodies to their babies through breast milk for at least 80 days following vaccination, suggests new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Our study showed a huge boost in antibodies against the COVID-19 virus in breast milk starting two weeks after the first shot, and this response was sustained for the course of our study, which was almost three months long. The antibodies levels were still high at the end of our study, so the protection likely extends even longer.
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