COVID Vaccines Significantly Increase Risk of Myocarditis After Second Dose, Especially in Young Males: Study

COVID Vaccines Significantly Increase Risk of Myocarditis After Second Dose, Especially in Young Males: Study
A 15-year-old receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the CCP virus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on May 13, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
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Another peer-reviewed study based on passive surveillance from Ontario, Canada, found that the rate of myocarditis was greater in younger males than females, and also greater after the second dose than the first dose of an mRNA vaccine.
On June 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.
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