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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Mayo Clinic Q&A: Examining Reports of Heart Inflammation in Young People After Second COVID-19 Vaccine
Description: This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded June 14, 2021
Guest:Â Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)Â
Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd)Â Â Â
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is holding an emergency COVID-19 meeting this week to discuss COVID-19 vaccine safety as it relates to news that young people may develop myocarditis after receiving a second dose of a messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle, is usually caused by a viral infection. But it ca...