Tag: Pericarditis
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Rational Discourse Is Hard at Work at the FDA
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Feb. 10, 2026) — In June 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration instituted what is formally known as a class Safety Labeling Change to the prescribing information of mRNA COVID‑19 vaccines, requiring updated warnings about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following administration of these products. In conjunction with…
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Increasing Heart Attacks in Young Athletes
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, ©2023 (Aug. 23, 2023) — Data1 have revealed that more people are having heart attacks, and that more of those people are younger than 50 years. This is notable as this trend appears to have started well before COVID-19. Your heart is about the size of your fist and beats roughly…
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Virus and Vaccine-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Beyond Troponin, and Myocarditis Beyond COVID-19 Vaccines, Key References
by Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2023 (Aug. 1, 2023) — There is little remaining room for doubt that myocarditis and pericarditis are among the adverse events one can expect from COVID-19 mRNA shots. At the end of this article is a list of related articles on that issue. Today’s question is: what indicators,…
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COVID Shots Associated With Increased Risk of Blindness
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, ©2023 (Jun. 13, 2023) — While U.S. health agencies have admitted that myocarditis (heart inflammation), and a related condition called pericarditis (inflammation of the heart sac), are potential side effects of the COVID jab,1 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ignored hundreds of other safety signals that have…
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Did a “Common Cold” Cause Reporter’s Heart Inflammation?
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 31, 2023) — On January 28, MSNBC weekend anchor Yasmin Vossoughian addressed her absence from the station for the last month, claiming that newly-diagnosed conditions of myocarditis and pericarditis emanated from a “literal common cold,” a contention supported on-air by her cardiologist, Dr. Greg Katz. Reportedly born in 1978 in New…

