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Exhibit 118

Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, June 2021

Exhibit 118 · Surveillance report

Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, June 2021

Myocarditis reporting rates were 40.6 cases per million second doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines administered to males aged 12−29 years and 2.4 per million second doses administered to males aged ≥30 years

VAERS reports showed myocarditis within seven days of the second mRNA dose at about 40.6 cases per million doses in males aged 12–29, against 2.4 per million in males 30 and older.

Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR 70(27):977–982
Date
9 July 2021
Quoted from
MMWR 2021;70(27):977-982 (published 9 July 2021), Results, VAERS paragraph
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7027e2.htm
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding MED-7.7
Primary record CDC data showed the myocarditis signal in young males in 2021. FDA put age-specific risk figures and evidence of persistent heart injury on the labels in June 2025.