Breast Milk Studied As Potential COVID-19 Treatment
December 24, 2020 7:25AM EST
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – JUNE 10: In this photo illustration, Sarah Ward breast feeds her daughter Esme at home with bottles of Lewis Road Creamery ‘Breast Milk’ in the foreground (the brand’s blue top cow’s milk that was re-labelled as ‘Breast Milk’ in June 2015 to raise funds for Breast Cancer Cure), on June 10, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. Breastfeeding advocates have slammed Lewis Road Creamery’s New ‘Breast Milk’, labeling it as misguided advertising and disrespectful toward women. The red label bottle which reads: ‘Breast Milk: the cow’s milk that funds the cure’, Lewis Road Creamery will be donating 20 cents to Breast Cancer Cure. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
A new study is looking at breast milk as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
Researchers say the antibodies in human milk help protect babies from infections, and could hold a secret to fighting the coronavirus in others as well.
New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai is currently gathering monthly breast milk samples from mothers, some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19.
Would you take a COVID-19 treatment that involved breast milk?
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