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.
Respiratory tract congestion appears in 11,199 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 232 reports also mentioned death and 1,407 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 14.6%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, COVID-19 (Bivalent), Flu (Trivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Respiratory tract congestion has been reported 11,199 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 232 were associated with death (2.07%) and 1,407 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Respiratory tract congestion is 14.6%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.