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.
Laboratory test appears in 18,522 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 557 reports also mentioned death and 6,331 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 37.2%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, HPV4, FLU3. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Laboratory test has been reported 18,522 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 557 were associated with death (3.01%) and 6,331 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Laboratory test is 37.2%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.