Evaluation of Messenger RNA From COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Milk - For The Media

JAMA Pediatrics

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What The Study Did: COVID-19 vaccine-associated messenger RNA (mRNA) wasn’t detected in 13 human milk samples collected after vaccination from seven breastfeeding mothers.

Authors: Stephanie L. Gaw, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.1929)

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