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Most notably with the COVID-19 vaccines, adolescent boys and young men were at somewhat higher risk for a rare heart problem known as myocarditis.
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Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The committee also heard evidence about the risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, which is very rarely associated with Covid-19 vaccination.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
In addition, heavy exercise done while experiencing a respiratory viral illness can lead to chronic fatigue and even exacerbate myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a 2021 study published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The committee also heard evidence about the risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, which is very rarely associated with Covid-19 vaccination.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
In addition, heavy exercise done while experiencing a respiratory viral illness can lead to chronic fatigue and even exacerbate myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a 2021 study published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Myocarditis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myocarditis. Accessed 2 Jun. 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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