Man Who Died Suddenly From Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Wasn’t Informed of Side Effect

Myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, can be deadly in some cases.

Needles from previous vaccine injections at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in New Zealand in a file photograph. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

A man who died from heart inflammation induced by a COVID-19 vaccine was not informed that inflammation was a possible side effect of the shot, according to health authorities.

The young man, in his 20s, also was not warned of symptoms linked to the inflammation, such as chest pain.