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Mild chest pain presents in adolescent males after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination

01 Oct 2021 by

Perimyocarditis has occurred in adolescent males 1–3 days following inoculation with the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech), but all cases are mild, reports an Israel study, noting that only long-term follow-up can reveal the true impact of this transient cardiac injury.

Mild chest pain presents in adolescent males after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination

01 Oct 2021

Overcrowded household, poor hygiene up risk of nonsexual syphilis infection in children

01 Oct 2021

Children may acquire syphilis by nonsexual contact, with overcrowded and poor household conditions increasing the risks for nonsexual treponema transmission, suggests a study.