8 Cases of Heart Inflammation Reported Among Kids 5 to 11 Who Received Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine: CDC

Caleb Chung from the United States receives the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine or placebo as a trial participant for kids ages 12-15, at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C., on Dec. 22, 2020. Richard Chung via AP

Eight cases of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, have been reported in children aged 5 to 11 years who received Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Dec. 16.

The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel spoke via an online meeting Thursday to discuss the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine following reports that the shots were linked to rare but life-threatening blood clots.