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VAERS

VAERS is a passive reporting system that can under- or overestimate true rates compared with active surveillance

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Jan 18, 2026

How does the risk of myocarditis after an mRNA booster vary by age, sex, and dosing interval?

Myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination is a rare event that clusters in younger males and is largest after the second dose of the primary series, while the excess risk after booster doses is gene...

Jan 16, 2026

Studies comparing childhood vaccines to inert placebo e.g. saline

A substantial body of evidence shows many childhood vaccines were evaluated in randomized controlled trials that used inert placebos (such as saline) or active comparators, but the use of saline place...

Jan 8, 2026

are there just as many unvaccinated children who die from sids as vaccinated?

The best-quality evidence from multiple large, controlled epidemiologic studies and public-health reviews shows that SIDS rates are not higher in vaccinated infants and in many studies are lower or un...

Jan 8, 2026

is there any scientific posed method of how a vaccine might lead to SIDS?

No scientifically established mechanism shows that vaccines cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); leading public-health bodies and large epidemiologic studies have found no causal link and in som...

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