"Tripled Risk: COVID-19's Impact on Newborn Respiratory Health"

Infants born to mothers infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy have triple the risk of developing respiratory distress, even if they themselves were not infected with the virus. The risk is significantly lower when the mothers were previously vaccinated. In-utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 sparked an inflammatory cascade in the infants, increasing the risk of respiratory distress. The study found that vaccination protects against this complication, with even one mRNA vaccine dose prior to infection significantly reducing the odds of full-term infants developing respiratory distress.