CDC Advisers to Meet Following Reports of Rare Heart Problems in Vaccinated Youth

CDC Advisers to Meet Following Reports of Rare Heart Problems in Vaccinated Youth

CDC Advisers, to Meet Following Reports br of Rare Heart Problems in , Vaccinated Youth.br Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on June 23 to discuss the issue.br According to 'The New York Times,' br young people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech br and Moderna shots have been affected.br Reported side effects include myocarditis, br or inflammation of the heart muscle, .br and pericarditis, or inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. .br Most cases have been mild, with br symptoms like fatigue, chest pain br and disturbances in heart rhythm.br The CDC is currently tracking almost br 800 reports, although not all of them br have been directly linked to the vaccines.br According to 'The New York Times,' over half br of the heart problems were reported br in Americans ages 12 to 24.br The news comes as the Biden administration br acknowledged that it expects to fall short br of its goal of getting 70 of Americans br at least partially vaccinated by July 4. .br On June 22, officials attributed part br of the shortfall to reluctance among br younger Americans to be immunized.br While experts have said that the br benefits of immunization far outweigh br the risk of any possible side effects, .


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