Before covid-19 vaccines were rolled out to Americans in December 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assured healthcare providers that the agency was on the lookout for any harmful reactions. A key part of the CDCโs strategy was its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which receives such reports after vaccination.โIt is the nationโs frontline system for monitoring vaccine safety and the early warning system for detecting possible vaccine safety problems,โ said Tom Shimabukuro, deputy directorโฆ
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