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Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children's Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn't realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it's unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented.
@cameronbosch@fosstodon.org@ScienceDesk The fact that those infants were exposed just for being inch a hospital from a mother who should have been checked (and ideally should be vaccinated) really should flip their mothers' lids!