Myocarditis is a serious but rare heart condition that impacts 10 to 20 out of every 100,000 Americans. For comparison, coronary artery disease, which is the most common heart disease in the U.S., ...

A new study may partly explain what's driving rare cases of heart inflammation, called myocarditis, in some young people who have gotten repeat doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The risk of ...

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its existing warnings for the two leading COVID-19 vaccines to highlight a rare heart-related side effect, primarily observed in young men. On June 25, ...

Recent research about myocarditis, a severe inflammation in the heart that has been linked to both COVID-19 infections and rarely to COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA vaccines, has led to heated debate ...

Now that hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., an abundance of safety data has been collected. While this data shows that COVID-19 vaccines are safe ...

People may use the term “viral heart disease” to describe viral myocarditis. This refers to when a viral infection causes inflammation of heart muscle tissue. Inflammation is the body’s natural ...

Multiple studies have shown that in rare cases, teen and young adult males have developed myocarditis after getting the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine — and now new research published in the journal Science ...

Q: What is the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine, myocarditis and pericarditis? A: If you’ve been on social media for the last month and a half and perhaps longer, you’ve probably noticed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its existing warnings for the two leading COVID-19 vaccines to highlight a rare ...

The FDA updated warnings for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to includes risks of myocarditis and pericarditis. A follow-up study showed some individuals who developed myocarditis after ...