# Vaccine RNA in breast milk Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/vaccine-rna-in-breast-milk Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/vaccine-rna-in-breast-milk.md Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784) Published: 2026-09-10T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5869630031.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5869630031.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/vaccine-rna-in-breast-milk Duration seconds: 1302 ## Resource Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2796427?guestAccessKey=1c13d17c-1c25-4828-b261-9f321e5126a1&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_jamapeds&utm_term=7701881843&utm_campaign=article_alert&linkId=183092079 JAMA Pediatrics (September 26, 2022) Initial messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine clinical trials excluded several vulnerable groups, young children and lactating individuals Current FDA website, re children over 6 months https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-moderna-and-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-children Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, for the prevention of COVID-19 to include use in children down to 6 months of age. From the JAMA paper The US Food and Drug Administration deferred the decision to authorize COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for infants younger than 6 months, until more data are available, because of the potential priming of the children’s immune responses that may alter their immunity The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, re breast feeding mothers https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people 6 months and older. This includes people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future. Back to the JAMA study The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends offering the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to breastfeeding individuals although the possible passage of vaccine mRNAs in breast milk resulting in infants’ exposure at younger than 6 months… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/vaccine-rna-in-breast-milk/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/vaccine-rna-in-breast-milk.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.