Breast milk shields newborns: COVID-19 antibodies and microbiota from vaccinated mothers provide dual defense

Medical Life Sciences
May 22, 2023

Breast milk shields newborns: COVID-19 antibodies and microbiota from vaccinated mothers provide dual defense


In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers in Hong Kong examined the presence of antibodies directed against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) following vaccination in human breast milk and how these levels correlate to breast milk microbiota composition.