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myocarditis

[ mahy-oh-kahr-dahy-tis ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the myocardium.


myocarditis

/ ˌɪəʊɑːˈ岹ɪɪ /

noun

  1. inflammation of the heart muscle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of myocarditis1

First recorded in 1865–70; myo- + carditis
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“There is a generally acknowledged myocarditis side effect to the mRNA vaccines, predominantly in young men, and it's invariably in the States been non-fatal,” Moore told Salon in a phone interview.

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But federal researchers trailed Israeli scientists in picking up myocarditis as a problem among young men.

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Despite surveillance efforts, U.S. officials were not the first to identify a significant Covid vaccine side effect: myocarditis in young people receiving mRNA vaccines.

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Traditionally, the focus has been on heart inflammation known as myocarditis, which is often triggered by the body's immune response to a viral infection.

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The study included 99 million people across eight countries and found that the first, second and third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines were linked to rare cases of myocarditis.

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