Hill April 11, 2024
Lauren Irwin

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that mRNA vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are not linked to cardiac death in younger adults.

The study was conducted using Oregon death certificate data for people aged 16 to 30 who died from a heart condition between June 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2022. The study was done after cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

Of the 40 people who died and had a COVID vaccine dose, three died within 100 days of receiving their vaccination. Two were because the person had an underlying illness, and one had an undetermined cause of death, the CDC said.

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