breastfeeding

In a newly released study, UC San Diego researchers found that breastfeeding mothers who received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine reported the same symptoms as what has been previously reported in non- breastfeeding women, with no serious side effects in their infants, it was announced Wednesday.

The University of Washington found COVID-19 vaccines are well tolerated by pregnant and nursing women in a study conducted among 17,000 respondents.

A new study out of the University of California – Irvine reveals that during childbirth, people with COVID-19 had increased need for intubation and ventilation, higher ICU admission rates and a higher mortality rate.

Dr. Erica Wymore of Children’s Hospital Colorado authored a study that found THC, the chemical that gets cannabis users high, can linger in breast milk for 6 weeks or more after a mother stops using the drug. The impact on newborns is still hard to study.

UCSD’s School of Medicine is looking into how COVID-19 vaccines may not only benefit breastfeeding mothers, but also their breastfed infants. The study looks at whether antibodies generated in response to the vaccine are transferred through breastmilk and would protect infants from COVID-19. So far, breastfeeding women have not been included in any vaccination trials. The lack of data...

Closeness and skin-to-skin contact a major part of breastfeeding a newborn. But, during the coronavirus pandemic, is it still safe to nurse a baby?

The U.S. opposed a World Health Assembly resolution to encourage breastfeeding because it called for limits on the promotion of infant formula, not because of objections to breastfeeding, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday. Trump criticized The New York Times for reporting that U.S. officials sought to remove language that urged governments to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, along with language...

A Montgomery County mom is speaking out after she says employees at a local YMCA shamed her for breastfeeding her son during a class for toddlers Monday morning.

A photograph depicting 10 breastfeeding military moms in uniform from Fort Bliss, Texas, has gone viral. “Today I believe we made history. To my knowledge a group photo to show support of active duty military mommies nursing their little’s has never been done. It is so nice to see support for this here at Fort Bliss,” photographer Tara Ruby wrote...

A 25-year-old Florida Panhandle woman was issued a trespass warning after a disagreement with an elementary school principal about the way she was breastfeeding her young daughter on campus.