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COVID-19 increases risk of heart attack, strokes and other cardiovascular disease, study finds

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It’s not just the lungs. Mounting evidence shows that COVID-19 can invade the heart or spark so much inflammation during the immune response that it weakens the critical organ, raising the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiac chaos.

In this June 4, 2020, photo Austin police keep watch as demonstrators gather in downtown Austin, Texas, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

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Sen. Joni Ernst speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

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