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VERA FilesHealth & medicine

The Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines cause heart damage.

Publisher’s rating: Needs Context

Related reporting describes myocarditis as a recognized, rare risk associated with COVID-19 vaccination. It also says the FDA required Pfizer and Moderna to update their warning labels to reflect the increased risk; the excerpts do not establish that the vaccines cause heart damage generally.