Reporting and Searching Vaccine Reactions in VAERS (09/10/24, video 49:13)
Dawn Richardson of National Vaccine Information Center explains the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), what it’s for, how to submit reports, and how to search it. Topics include:
How and why VAERS was established
The process of submitting an adverse reaction
Ways to search — by injury, injection, symptom, age, severity, location or otherwise
Liability, vaccine safety and pharmaceutical product marketing
Dawn also summarizes recent public health news.
Resources (linked in the show notes)
Will a Fentanyl Vaccine Turn the Tide in the War Against Opioids?
South Carolina Drug Investigation Seizes Enough Fentanyl to Kill Millions, FBI Says
Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 | FDA
About the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD)
About the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Project
About V-safe | CDC
V-Safe Data - ICAN - Informed Consent Action Network
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) | HHS
VAERS - Report an Adverse Event
CDC | YouTube
NVIC Advocacy Portal
How to Search VAERS Data Using MedAlerts
We especially appreciated the detailed walk-through explaining:
How to submit reports using HHS’s online or editable PDF methods (vaers.hhs.gov/reporteve…)
How to search VAERS data using MedAlerts tool (medalerts.org/index.php), which is better than HHS’s “Wonder” tool (wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.ht…). Another terrific tool is at OpenVAERS (openvaers.com).
For more about VAERS and related databases, see “Where’s VAERS” at
