Getting a COVID-19 jab while pregnant could ensure bub has antibodies against the virus

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Most babies born to women who got their COVID jabs while pregnant will have antibodies against the virus at 6 months of age, according to US research. The authors say that although we don't know yet if these antibodies are enough to help stop the babies from getting COVID-19, they do provide further incentive to get vaccinated while pregnant. In contrast, very few babies born to mothers who caught COVID-19 while pregnant still had antibodies at the 6 month mark.

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Funder: This study was supported by grants 1R01HD100022-01 and 3R01HD100022-02S2 (Edlow) and 1K12HD103096 (Shook) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; 6-FY20-223 from the March of Dimes (Edlow); K08HL1469630-03 and 3K08HL146963-02S1 (Gray) and 5K08HL143183 (Yonker) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard and the MGH ECOR Scholars award (Alter); the Nancy Zimmerman, Samana Kay MGH Research Scholars award to (Alter); 3R37AI080289-11S1, R01AI146785, U19AI42790-01, U19AI135995-02, 1U01CA260476-01, and CIVIC5N93019C00052 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Alter); and OPP1146996 and INV-001650 from the Gates Foundation Global Health Vaccine Accelerator Platform (Alter). The TAPII blood collection devices for infant blood draw were provided at reduced cost by YourBio Health.

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