CDC study: Maternal COVID-19 vaccination helps protect infants

Receiving two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy might help prevent your infant from being hospitalized for COVID-19 in the first six months after birth, according a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Based on data from 20 children’s hospitals participating in the Overcoming COVID-19 Network between July 2021 and mid-January 2022, the study found that infants under six months old whose mothers were vaccinated during pregnancy were 61% less likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19. It also found that 84% of infants hospitalized for COVID-19 and 88% of infants admitted to an intensive care unit for COVID-19 had mothers who were unvaccinated.