The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet this week to discuss reports about heart inflammation in adolescents who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
June 14, 2021 --
Although myocarditis is temporary and can resolve with treatment and monitoring, the CDC group will analyze the cases to determine whether there is a link to the vaccines, the news outlet reported. “It’s a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, because again, these are preliminary reports,” he said. “Not all of these will turn out to be true myocarditis or pericarditis reports.”
Teenagers and people in their early 20s accounted for more than half of the myocarditis cases reported to the CDC’s monitoring system, NBC News reported. About 80% of cases have fully recovered and were sent home after a hospital visit, and 15 patients are still hospitalized, including three in intensive care. The CDC will receive an update on the reports during this week’s meeting.
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