Breastfeeding, Transferred Immunity, and Infant Disease Prevention with Dr. Anne-Marie Rick

In the latest episode of “That’s Pediatrics” — UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s podcast about all things pediatric health and wellness — our hosts talk with Anne-Marie Rick, MD, MPH, newborn care physician researcher and director of the Newborn Research Support Service (NuRSERy) at the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute, about how mothers can best protect their infants from infectious disease during pregnancy and after birth.

Specifically, our experts touch on the different types of antibodies that are transferred from mother to baby in the womb and through breast milk, COVID-19 infections and vaccinations and transferred immunity, the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant and lactating people, and much more. 

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