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VAERS Report: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VAERS, run by CDC and FDA, collects reports of adverse events after vaccination. Clinicians are required by law to report events on the VAERS Table of Reportable Events and events the manufacturer lists as contraindications to further doses, and are encouraged to report any other adverse event or administration error. Anyone, including patients, can also submit a report.

Who completes it

The health care provider who gave the vaccine or treated the patient completes the whole report, though patients, caregivers and others can report too. Vaccine manufacturers must report every adverse event that comes to their attention.

Submitting and payment

How to submit it
Report through the VAERS online form, which times out after 20 minutes of inactivity on a page, or download the writable PDF, complete it offline and upload it on the VAERS website. The Table of Reportable Events sets the time window after vaccination for each event providers must report.
Who pays
VAERS lists no fee or payment for reporting.

Good to know

  • Have the patient's age, date of birth and sex, vaccine brand and dose, date, time and place of vaccination, event onset, symptoms, outcome and relevant tests ready.
  • For EUA COVID-19 vaccines, providers must report administration errors and serious adverse events regardless of causality, plus listed events such as MIS, myocarditis and pericarditis.
  • Nirsevimab (Beyfortus) given with vaccines is reported to VAERS; given alone, it goes to FDA MedWatch on Form FDA 3500.
  • Each report gets a VAERS identification number in a confirmation letter. For serious reports VAERS seeks medical records, and it does not phone reporters for follow-up.

Get the official form

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Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Report

Official page

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Frequently asked questions

Which adverse events must a clinician report to VAERS?

Providers are required by law to report events on the VAERS Table of Reportable Events within the listed time period after vaccination, and events the manufacturer lists as contraindications to further doses. EUA COVID-19 vaccines and the JYNNEOS and ACAM2000 mpox vaccines carry extra requirements, including serious adverse events and administration errors.

Do I need to be sure the vaccine caused the event before reporting?

No. VAERS encourages reporting even when you are not sure the vaccine caused the adverse event. Information identifying the patient or the person who filed the report is not made available to the public, but knowingly filing a false report is a violation of federal law.

Is the VAERS form available in Spanish?

Yes. VAERS has a Spanish-language reporting page, linked as en Español from the main reporting page. Reports can be submitted through the online form or with the writable PDF completed offline and uploaded through the VAERS site.