Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and is often related to a viral infection. Myocarditis typically causes shortness of breath and chest pain. The risk of getting myocarditis from a COVID ...

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, ...

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 ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is set to meet Wednesday to discuss reports of myocarditis and pericarditis in some COVID-19 mRNA vaccine recipients. Leading up to ...

Health experts say the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are safe following rare incidents of heart inflammation, mostly among young men and teenage boys. There have been more than 300 verified ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk ...

It's been a little more than a month since adolescents as young as 12 became eligible in the United States to receive the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, and nearly all reports have been positive: ...

Scientists have learned so much about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 over the past two years. But there are still many open questions regarding the long-term effects of COVID-19. However, ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a new ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said COVID-19 vaccines killed at least 10 children, providing no evidence for the ...

You may have seen the recent reports linking rare cases of myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle, to Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Health experts including Dr. Chandhiran ...