However, in newborns of mothers with COVID-19, elevated concentrations of IL-6 (i.e., M = 143 pg/mL) and TNF-α (i.e., M = 103.41 pg/mL) suggest that the babies were suffering from cytokine storms given dosages of the same molecules in the newborns of healthy mothers. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is COVID-19.