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Vaccines are important public health measures that provide protection against infectious diseases. However, some vaccines cause serious but rare side effects. A National Academies committee will review literature to examine the associations between vaccines and specific adverse events. The committee will develop a report with findings and conclusions.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee to review the epidemiological, clinical, and biological evidence regarding the relationship between:
• COVID-19 vaccines and specific adverse events i.e. Guillain-Barrè Syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), transverse myelitis (TM), Bell’s palsy, hearing loss, tinnitus, chronic headaches, infertility, sudden death, myocarditis/pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), thromboembolic events (e.g., cerebrovascular accident (CVA), myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT)), capillary leak syndrome, and
• intramuscular administration of vaccines and shoulder injuries.
The committee will make conclusions about the causal association between vaccines and specific adverse events.
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Committee Membership Roster Comments
Alicia Christy was added on February 23, 2023.
Alicia Christy retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs on March 31, 2023.
Bios for Drs. Floyd and Ortel were updated on May 8, 2024.
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Department of Health and Human Services
