Eight cases of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, have been reported in children aged 5–11 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 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. During the discussions, officials noted that the agency had received reports of eight cases of myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, in children aged 5-11 years who received Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. The cases were reported in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and presented by the CDC to a panel of its expert advisers. Officials stated that as of Dec. 12, there were 41,232 VAERS participants aged between 5–11 years, all of whom have received one dose of the vaccine, …
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