Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports—it's now being taken out of context

Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting from The Washington Post. These ...

FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths at CDC meeting

FDA officials plan to present data they claim links the Covid vaccine to 25 deaths in children at a CDC vaccine panel meeting ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

RZV Vaccine for Shingles Has Lower Adverse Event Rates, VAERS Data Show

Previous research has shown the recombinant zoster vaccine is more effective than its live-attenuated predecessor, but new ...
The New Republic on MSN

Team Trump to Use Unverified Data to Blame Deaths on Covid Vaccine

Donald Trump is ramping up his war on vaccines, as health officials plan to blame the Covid shot for children’s deaths.
WKYC3

No, the CDC’s VAERS database does not show thousands of people have died from COVID-19 vaccines

INDIANAPOLIS — Social media posts swirling around the internet claim thousands of people have died as a result of taking a COVID-19 vaccine. Those online posts are prompting some 13News viewers to ...
NPR

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines

In an emailed statement, the CDC tells NPR the agency is aware of the misuse of the VAERS data but has no immediate plans to change the system. That's in part because VAERS is one of the agency's best ...
Straight Arrow News on MSN

FDA to present data linking COVID shots to child deaths: Reports

The United States Food and Drug Administration plans to present data allegedly linking COVID-19 vaccinations to dozens of ...
Poynter

An anti-vaccine website is misusing VAERS data to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health

An article from an anti-vaccine website claims that thousands of fetuses died after their mothers were administered the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. “2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Data in internet posts does not prove COVID-19 shots cause death, disease

Posts sharing incident numbers reported to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) are missing context. Examples can be seen here and here. Posts include the text: “5,888 deaths”, ...
Consumer Reports

How Government Data Is Being Misused to Question COVID-19 Vaccine Safety

In April, an Ohio woman in her 50s died after suffering “blunt force injuries from a motorcycle accident,” according to a report of the incident. No other details about the crash or the woman were ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Anti-vaccine activists use federal database to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines

Anti-vaccine activists have been using data from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to push COVID-19 vaccine misinformation online and on social media, according to a June 14 NPR ...
Politifact

VAERS data misused to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health

The federal government warns that its database of health problems that have occurred in patients after vaccination cannot be interpreted alone to mean that vaccines cause these health problems. Anyone ...