Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VAERS

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after administration of vaccines. Origins The program is an outgrowth of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), which requires health care ...