Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Bell's palsy appears in 5,072 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 6 reports also mentioned death and 490 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 9.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, VARZOS, COVID19-2. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Bell's palsy has been reported 5,072 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 6 were associated with death (0.12%) and 490 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Bell's palsy is 9.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.