CDC advisory group says 'likely link' between COVID-19 vaccines and rare heart ...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC advisory group says there is a 'likely link' between COVID-19 vaccines and rare heart inflammation in young males after 300 reported cases The CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group said Wednesday that there is a 'likely link' between rare heart inflammation and vaccines The group noted vaccination with the Pfizer and Moderna shots in adolescents and young adults is notably higher after the second dose and in males So far, 300 cases have been reported out of 200 million doses, which means the risk occurs in 0.00015% of males Both Pfizer and Moderna say they have not identified an association with the heart inflammation cases and their vaccines
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An advisory group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there is a 'likely link' between rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults and the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
In a presentation released on Wednesday, the COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical (VaST) Work Group discussed 300 reports of the heart inflammation, known as myocarditis, in vaccinated males between ages 16 and 24.
The group of doctors said he risk of myocarditis or pericarditis following vaccination with the mRNA-based shots in adolescents and young adults is notably higher after the second dose and in males
It comes as the Advisory Committee on
