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Home » CDC Reviewing Possible Link to Heart Inflammation Cases and Some COVID-19 Vaccines
CDC Reviewing Possible Link to Heart Inflammation Cases and Some COVID-19 Vaccines
In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing whether messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for a recent outbreak of myocarditis and pericarditis in vaccinated individuals, with many cases of the conditions occurring in adolescent males. The CDC said it identified 216 cases of heart inflammation following one shot and 573 cases following a second shot.