A Congressional investigation found White House officials held back warnings about heart damage from Covid vaccines in younger people, even after getting early alerts from other countries, including Israel.

Internal emails and memos suggest a planned Health Alert Network (HAN) message by the CDC regarding myocarditis - inflammation of the heart muscle - was not released. 

Drafts of this alert reportedly downplayed risks, emphasizing vaccine benefits over potential adverse events, according to the report.

Emails indicate FDA officials, including then-Commissioner Janet Woodcock, expressed reservations about the language in the proposed HAN, leading to its suppression.

The Biden administration, the report alleges, gave former top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci talking points to downplay the myocarditis risk, instructing them to say that the reported cases 'have been mild and often go away without requiring treatment.'

As of now, there is no definitive count of deaths in the US directly attributed to myocarditis caused by Covid vaccines.

Some argue that America's fragmented healthcare system means rare complications from Covid vaccines have been underreported.

But a study analyzing death certificates in Oregon found no deaths directly linked to vaccination-induced myocarditis among individuals aged 16–30.

Similarly, the CDC has not identified a significant number of deaths directly caused by vaccine-related myocarditis.

The new probe was led by Sen Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

Johnson, known for his critical stance on Covid vaccine policies, said: 'I think we finally got enough documents to certainly demonstrate in this case… that the federal government was well aware of myocarditis.'

Internal emails revealed by the committee show the CDC drafted a nationwide Health Alert Network (HAN) warning in May 2021 but it was scrapped when faced with pushback at the FDA, with Woodcock emailing then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky that the agency 'does not concur' with the decision to issue the warning.

'The same day, they decided to nix it and instead publish less formal clinical myocarditis considerations on the CDC website,' Sen Johnson said.

The CDC, according to the report removed critical language from public advice, including a recommendation from Dr Demetre Daskalakis—then-Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, to restrict athletes with myocarditis from sports for three months.