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US hematologist–oncologist
Public reporting does not give a single, agreed total number of people who have died “from” COVID-19 vaccines; recent U.S. agency reviews say at least 10 children were judged related to vaccination in...
The FDA’s internal review of 96 child deaths reported to VAERS from 2021–2024 concluded “no fewer than 10” were related to COVID-19 vaccination, with agency staff characterizing those attributions as ...
US federal agencies and advisers have recently altered language and guidance about vaccines in ways that critics say change what “vaccine” and “vaccination” mean — moves that have prompted alarm from ...
Claims that authorities “lied” about COVID vaccines reflect a wider crisis of trust triggered by contested internal memos, political appointees reshaping public health messaging, and persistent online...
The official federal stance is mixed: the FDA’s vaccine chief Vinay Prasad circulated an internal memo saying an FDA review of 96 pediatric deaths reported to VAERS “concludes that no fewer than 10 ar...
Available reporting says serious adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and that myocarditis is one of the better-documented, very uncommon risks; public-health authorities emphasize vacci...
The FDA’s internal memo says agency staff reviewed 96 VAERS death reports from 2021–2024 and concluded that “no fewer than 10” of those child deaths were related to COVID-19 vaccination . Public repor...
Vaccines are not uniformly “so bad” — large-scale studies and global expert panels continue to find a favorable safety profile for routine and COVID-19 vaccines, while recent internal FDA debate and n...
Several public figures and government officials have been cited in recent reporting for making claims that critics call misleading about COVID-19 vaccines: FDA biologics chief Vinay Prasad claimed in ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has opened an expanded review into deaths possibly linked to COVID‑19 vaccines after an internal memo said the agency had identified "at least 10" pediatric death...
The claim that authorities are systematically hiding vaccine deaths by recoding them as COVID deaths and removing vaccine-related codes is not supported by the reporting reviewed: major outlets docume...
An internal FDA review concluded an initial analysis of 96 pediatric deaths reported to VAERS from 2021–2024 and judged that “no fewer than 10” children died “after and because of” COVID-19 vaccinatio...
Multiple U.S. news outlets report that an internal FDA review and memo concluded that COVID-19 vaccines were “related” to the deaths of at least 10 children reported to VAERS from 2021–2024; the findi...