An Overview of VAERS

This 10-minute video describes the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), who can report and how, and what happens after a VAERS report is submitted to CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is designed to give healthcare professionals and the general public an understanding of how rare adverse events following immunization can be detected through vaccine safety monitoring.

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http://vaers.hhs.gov/index

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