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 normal appears in 8,747 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 170 reports also mentioned death and 3,401 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 40.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Smallpox, COVID-19 (Bivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Chest X-ray normal has been reported 8,747 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 170 were associated with death (1.94%) and 3,401 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Chest X-ray normal is 40.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.