Recent Examples on the WebThere 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 The risk of myocarditis for young adult males is even lower upon subsequent doses than the already very small risk following primary series doses, and the risk of adverse cardiac outcomes in this group was many times higher after a Covid infection than after vaccination.—Jennifer Beam Dowd, STAT, 13 Oct. 2023 Of course, with the mRNA there's a very, very, very low risk, and particularly in young men of getting the myocarditis.—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023 Both vaccines have been associated with an elevated risk of myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — among teenage boys.—Matt Dixon, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023 Cases of myocarditis have rarely occurred to a person after they get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States.—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 25 July 2023 Although vaccines and viruses, not just those related to COVID-19, can cause myocarditis, instances are rare.—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 25 July 2023 But antibody levels in study participants were consistent with levels in people who didn't develop myocarditis, so this was also ruled out.—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
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