A new study from the University of Florida supports the idea that breast milk from women who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can provide protection to infants who are too young to receive the vaccine. The study, which was published in the Journal of Perinatologyfollowed up on previous research from 2021 that found that the breast milk of vaccinated people contained antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In this new study, researchers analyzed the stool of infants who consumed this breast milk and found that it also contained SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, providing further evidence of the potential protection provided to infants through breast milk from vaccinated women.
The findings are another piece of evidence suggesting that the breast milk of those vaccinated against University of Florida provides more evidence that the breast milk of people vaccinated against COVID-19 provides protection to infants too young to receive the vaccine.
This latest study follows up onfindings published in 2021 showing that the breast milk of vaccinated people contained antibodies against DOI: 10.1038/s41372-022-01581-5
The study was funded by grants from the Children’s Miracle Network and The Gerber Foundation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends COVID-19 vaccination forpeople who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant or who may become pregnant in the future. According to the CDC, as of late November 2022,just over 70% of pregnant people in the United States had completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines, though only 14% had received the bivalent booster.
