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.
C-reactive protein appears in 2,896 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 42 reports also mentioned death and 986 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 35.5%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Shingles (Zostavax), Pneumococcal (PPV23). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
C-reactive protein has been reported 2,896 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 42 were associated with death (1.45%) and 986 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning C-reactive protein is 35.5%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.