Watch: Covid increases risk of heart problems, new data highlights

Sarah SmithFebruary 1, 2023

Celine Gunder, Public Health Editor-in-Chief of KHN, discusses new data showing an excess of heart-related deaths in 2020. Mortality – from heart attack and heart failure – shows that the virus can affect the heart and that heart problems can show up months after the initial covid-19 infection appears to have cleared. Vaccines reduce the risk of both serious infections and subsequent heart problems.

KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national news service that produces in-depth journalism on health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three main operating programs of the KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is a charitable, non-profit organization providing health information to the nation.