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Pregnant women who get mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, according to a study published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology – Maternal Fetal Medicine on Wednesday. The study – one of the first to measure antibody levels in umbilical cord blood to distinguish whether immunity is from infection or vaccines – found that 36 newborns tested at birth all had antibodies to protect against Covid-19 after their mothers were vaccinated with shots from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. “We didn’t anticipate that. We expected to see more variability,” said Ashley Roman, an obstetrician at NYU...
