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.
Sinus congestion appears in 2,558 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 8 reports also mentioned death and 130 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 5.4%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, COVID-19 (Bivalent), Flu (Trivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Sinus congestion has been reported 2,558 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 8 were associated with death (0.31%) and 130 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Sinus congestion is 5.4%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.