Web results:
Teenagers and people in their early 20s accounted for more than half of the myocarditis cases reported to the CDC's safety monitoring systems following Covid-19 vaccination, despite representing a...
June 14, 2021 -- The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet this week to discuss reports about heart inflammation in adolescents who have received a COVID-19...
A new, non-peer-reviewed study concluded that healthy boys aged 12–17 years had a higher hospitalization rate due to heart inflammation after their second mRNA COVID-19 vaccination than the...
June 11, 2021 -- Swelling of the heart appears to be a very rare side effect that primarily strikes young people after vaccination for COVID-19, a CDC expert reported Thursday, detailing data on...
Chest pain Shortness of breath Feelings of having a fast-beating, fluttering, or pounding heart Seek medical care if you or your child have any of the specific or general symptoms of myocarditis or pericarditis especially if it’s within a week after COVID-19 vaccination. If you have any health problems after vaccination, report them to VAERS.
Adolescents and young males have a higher risk, particularly after the second dose. One study also found that the risk was lower after a booster dose. Myocarditis can also occur after coronavirus...
Paul Offit, professor of pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of an FDA vaccine advisory committee, says there likely is a causal link between the heart inflammation some doctors are seeing in these teens and the second dose of vaccine.
Both myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. Pericarditis is inflammation of the sac surrounding the...
Recommendations for Clinicians Report all cases of myocarditis and pericarditis post COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS. Consider myocarditis and pericarditis in persons with acute chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations, particularly in adolescents and young adults.
Japan's Ministry of Health just announced that "the Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines could cause heart-related side effects in younger males." Health experts in Japan have witnessed skyrocketing...