June 4, 2021
Health authorities are trying to determine whether heart inflammation that can occur as a result of many different types of infections could also be a rare side effect in teens and young adults after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
An article on seven U.S. teen boys in several states, published online Friday in Pediatrics, is among the latest reports of young men getting heart inflammation after their second COVID-19 vaccination, though a link to the vaccine has not been proven.
The boys in the study, between the ages of 14 and 19, received Pfizer shots in April or May and developed chest pain within a few days. Heart imaging tests showed a type of heart muscle inflammation called myocarditis.
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