It’s a nationwide early warning system that helps the CDC and FDA spot possible safety problems with vaccines licensed in the U.S. The government created VAERS in 1990. Anyone can report a ...

U.S. health officials knew about the risks of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines but downplayed the concern and delayed ...

The mRNA vaccines were developed using novel technology that was approved for the first time for public use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a now classic example, Dr. James R. Laidler, an anesthesiologist and autism advocate, said he filed a report in VAERS in the early 2000s that claimed “an influenza vaccine had turned me into ...

Federal health agencies were alerted in February 2021 to “large reports of myocarditis” in young people who received the Pfizer vaccine, but waited until late June to adjust the ...

The Senate Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing on federal health agencies failing to warn the public about the potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines. At a Permanent Subcommittee on ...

The Food and Drug Administration is telling Pfizer and Moderna to expand the warning labels on their COVID-19 vaccines about ...

As the subcommittee observes: “Anyone can submit a report to VAERS, and these reports are automatically published and available publicly. Therefore, a report on VAERS has likely not been proven ...

Anyone can file a report in the system. As of April 2, the system had received 1,934 reports of deaths in 2021, compared with 106 in all of 2020. “There are limitations to VAERS data,” the ...

and improving coordination with data systems like the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Transparency is another ...