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CDC looking into reports of heart inflammation in young vaccine recipients

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eMediNexus    24 May 2021

A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group noted that some teenagers and young adults who were administered COVID-19 vaccines developed heart inflammation. The advisory group has thus recommended further evaluation of the rare condition. 

The CDC’s advisory committee on immunization practices stated that it had assessed the reports that some of the young vaccine recipients, predominantly male, developed myocarditis. According to the CDC group, the condition usually resolves without any complications and can be caused by several viruses. It had not found more cases than expected in the population, but members of the committee felt that it is important to make healthcare providers aware of the reports of the potential adverse event… (ET Healthworld – Reuters, May 24, 2021)

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