The claim: The WHO admitted that fully vaccinated mothers are giving birth to babies with heart defects

A July 7 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a screenshot of a People's Voice article with a picture of a masked pregnant woman.

"WHO Admits That Fully Jabbed Moms Are Giving Birth to Babies With Severe Heart Defects," reads the article's headline.

The post garnered more than 1,000 likes in three days. Similar versions of the claim have been shared on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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Our rating: False

There was an increase in myocarditis cases, but the World Health Organization linked this to enterovirus infections, not COVID-19 vaccination. The organization's statement doesn't mention vaccines or COVID-19.

WHO statement doesn't mention COVID-19 vaccination

The People's Voice article references a May 16 WHOstatement about an increase in severe myocarditis cases in newborns and infants in Wales.

The WHO links the increase in cases to enterovirus infections, however, and doesn't mention the COVID-19 vaccine at all.

The statement says between June 2022 and April 2023, 10 hospitalized newborns with positive enterovirus PCR tests were found to also have myocarditis.

Non-polio enteroviruses cause about 10 to 15 million infections and tens of thousands of hospitalizations each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though most...

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