Infants Born To Unvaccinated Mothers Who Had COVID-19 During Pregnancy Were At Higher Risk For Developing Neonatal Respiratory Distress, Study Finds

MedPage Today (1/24, Kahn) reports, “Infants born to unvaccinated mothers who had COVID-19 during pregnancy were at high risk for developing neonatal respiratory distress, the longitudinal, cohort COMP study found.” The risks “of developing respiratory distress were threefold higher in infants born to unvaccinated mothers diagnosed with COVID-19 while pregnant compared with COVID-exposed infants born to COVID-vaccinated mothers...reported” researchers in Nature Communications. HCP Live (1/24, Smith) reports, “The investigators noted that unvaccinated mothers were shown to have had greater incidence of severe or critical disease, at a rate of 16% compared to those who were vaccinated at 4%.”