Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study may partly explain what's driving rare cases of heart inflammation, called myocarditis, in some young people who have ...

People may use the term “viral heart disease” to describe viral myocarditis. This refers to when a viral infection causes inflammation of heart muscle tissue. Inflammation is the body’s natural ...

Multiple studies have shown that in rare cases, teen and young adult males have developed myocarditis after getting the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine — and now new research published in the journal Science ...

Inflammation resulting from a viral infection has traditionally been thought to cause acute myocarditis, which can lead to fatal heart arrhythmias in otherwise healthy young adults. Now, a new study ...

Heart inflammation caused by the mRNA COVID vaccines is rare. The COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives from a virus that has killed more than seven million people globally. Many safety studies ...

An overactive immune response to the mRNA Covid vaccines may be the culprit in rare cases of heart inflammation seen in some young men after they receive the shot, a small study published Friday in ...

At least 18 teens and young adults in Connecticut have shown symptoms of heart problems after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials from the state Department of Public Health. This is ...

The remarkable development and rollout of Covid-19 vaccines will be hailed as a triumph of science. The rapidity of the process, though, opens the door to questions about side effects that could not ...

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and is often related to a viral infection. Myocarditis typically causes shortness of breath and chest pain. The risk of getting myocarditis from a COVID ...

The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the beginning. Cardiovascular conditions are among the highest risk factors for hospitalization. A significant number of patients hospitalized ...

A new study may partly explain what's driving rare cases of heart inflammation, called myocarditis, in some young people who have gotten repeat doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The risk of ...