In the US, health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a longtime vaccine sceptic, has stopped recommending Covid shots for healthy children, cut vaccine research funding and questioned the safety of jabs ...

A new study shows children and young people face long-lasting and higher risks of rare heart and inflammatory complications ...

Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 ...

Cardiologists need to know how to recognize and manage the cardiac effects that can arise from SARS-CoV-2 infections or COVID ...

Rare vascular and inflammatory conditions such as blood clots, myocarditis, and pericarditis occur more often in children ...

A new expert consensus decision pathway from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) provides guidance around the management of myocarditis from diagnosis to follow-up. In light of recent advances in ...

Madrid, Spain – 29 August: New ESC Guidelines to improve the diagnosis and care of patients with myocarditis and pericarditis, have been published today at ESC Congress 2025. This is the first time ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ACC issued an expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis. The document ...

The study is the largest of its kind in this population, and is published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.

The Pfizer Covid vaccine increased the risk of heart problems for children sixfold in the first week of having the jab but led to fewer cases in the long term, research suggests.

The largest study of its kind has revealed that the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine presents considerably fewer problems for ...

His heart doctor explains the risk factors for myocarditis—heart inflammation—why it’s so dangerous, and what to look out for ...