Researchers from Norway found the children of women in jobs with a high exposure to cleaning agents, such as cleaners, nurses and cooks were 71 per cent more likely to develop asthma.
Heather Murphy, The New York Times Published: 09 Apr 2021 07:37 PM BdST Updated: 09 Apr 2021 07:37 PM BdST Samples of breast milk from women who have received COVID-19 vaccines, used by Rebecca Powell, a human milk immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan, in her research, in New York on March 25, 2021. Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children. (James Estrin/The New York Times) Rebecca Powell, left, a human milk immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan, with members of her research team in her lab on March 25, 2021. A recent analysis of breast milk from women who had received COVID-19 vaccines found significant numbers of IgG antibodies in all the samples. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
Vaccinated Mothers Are Trying to Give Babies Antibodies via Breast Milk
Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children.
A recent analysis of breast milk from women who had received Covid-19 vaccines found significant numbers of IgG antibodies in all the samples.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
April 8, 2021Updated 12:38 p.m. ET
As soon as Courtney Lynn Koltes returned home from her first Covid-19 vaccine appointment, she pulled out a breast pump. She had quit breastfeeding her daughter about two months earlier because of a medication conflict. But she was off those pills, and she had recently stumbled across research suggesting that antibodies from a vaccinated mother could be passed to her baby through milk.