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.
Chest X-ray abnormal appears in 7,425 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 1,108 reports also mentioned death and 5,734 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 92.1%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, COVID-19 (Bivalent), Flu (Trivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Chest X-ray abnormal has been reported 7,425 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 1,108 were associated with death (14.92%) and 5,734 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Chest X-ray abnormal is 92.1%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.