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Earlier this year, the agency said that the main manufacturers of the vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, would have to update their information about the chances of myocarditis and pericarditis, after cases of the two heart conditions were reported in young men who had taken the vaccine.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Mild pericarditis may not cause any symptoms.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 8 Aug. 2025
The singer-songwriter first went public last year after suffering a pericarditis flare while touring with country start Tim McGraw.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Some studies have found that Covid-19 infection itself carries a higher risk of myocarditis or pericarditis than vaccination.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Mild pericarditis may not cause any symptoms.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 8 Aug. 2025
The singer-songwriter first went public last year after suffering a pericarditis flare while touring with country start Tim McGraw.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Some studies have found that Covid-19 infection itself carries a higher risk of myocarditis or pericarditis than vaccination.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
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“Pericarditis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pericarditis. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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pericarditis
noun
peri·car·di·tis
-ˌkär-ˈdīt-əs 
plural pericarditides
-ˈdit-ə-ˌdēz
: inflammation of the pericardium see adhesive pericarditis
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