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.
Rash maculo-papular appears in 8,238 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 19 reports also mentioned death and 385 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 4.9%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are MMR, Chickenpox (Varivax), Hepatitis B. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Rash maculo-papular has been reported 8,238 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 19 were associated with death (0.23%) and 385 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Rash maculo-papular is 4.9%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.