U.S. CDC says COVID vaccine-associated myocarditis an awful lot lower for children than young adults
U.S. CDC says COVID vaccine-related myocarditis lots lower for children than young adults
May 19, 2022, 12:04 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said reports of coronary heart inflammation related to the Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine were a great deal lower in 5- to 11-year-antique boys than in young people and young men, representing handiest a slightly extended charge than everyday.
Children receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus ailment (COVID-19) vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
The employer, in a presentation to an advisory committee discussing at the need for booster vaccine doses for youngsters, stated information from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). examine extra
The CDC said the rate of reports for myocarditis in VAERS in five- to 11-12 months-antique boys after the second one dose of the vaccine become 2.7 cases in step with million. That compares with 48.1 cases in keeping with million in 12- to fifteen-yr-old adult males and seventy four.2 cases in keeping with million in 16- and 17-12 months-old men.
The CDC said it observed no statistical signal for myocarditis in 5-eleven year olds in an analysis of any other safety database called Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD).
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