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 new study of 777 people found that 22 had markers that indicated the mRNA-1273 covid vaccine caused myocardial injury in 1 out of 35 people. This is about thousand times more than prior estimates of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inflammation of the heart (shown here), known as myocarditis, can be triggered by viral infection, including COVID-19, as well as ...

Inflammation resulting from a viral infection has traditionally been thought to cause acute myocarditis, which can lead to fatal heart arrhythmias in otherwise healthy young adults. Now, a new study ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 study ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 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, ...

Located in Kingwood, The Myocarditis Foundation’s mission is to raise awareness of myocarditis through research, education and family support, according to the organization's website.