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Covid vaccines do come with a very small risk of myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — but the risk is much higher after an infection with the virus itself.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Examples include pneumonia, seizures, myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
There were 1,626 cases of myocarditis reported among more than 354 million primary doses and 37 cases of myocarditis among more than 81 million booster doses, according to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Those in the same age category who are infected with Covid see a rate of myocarditis of 64.9 per 100,000, according to Yale University researchers.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Examples include pneumonia, seizures, myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
There were 1,626 cases of myocarditis reported among more than 354 million primary doses and 37 cases of myocarditis among more than 81 million booster doses, according to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Those in the same age category who are infected with Covid see a rate of myocarditis of 64.9 per 100,000, according to Yale University researchers.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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“Myocarditis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myocarditis. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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myocarditis
noun
myo·car·di·tis
ˌmī-ə-(ˌ)kär-ˈdīt-əs 
: inflammation of the myocardium
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