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a logical sequence of cause and effect showing that the vaccination was the reason for the injury; and; a showing of a proximate temporal relationship between vaccination and injury. This ruling held that tetanus vaccine caused a particular case of optic neuritis, even though no scientific evidence supported the petitioner's claim. [29]
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986 (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34) was signed into law by United States President Ronald Reagan as part of a larger health bill on November 14, 1986.
Some claimed vaccine injuries are not, in fact, caused by vaccines; for example, there is a subculture of advocates who attribute their children's autism to vaccine injury, [7] despite the fact that vaccines do not cause autism. [8] [9] Claims of vaccine injuries appeared in litigation in the United States in the latter part of the 20th century.
Kennedy's 2019 visit to Samoa fanned the flames of vaccine hesitancy and reportedly contributed to the tragic deaths of 83 people, mostly children, in a measles outbreak. An HHS Secretary who ...
People injured by the COVID-19 vaccines are suing the federal government, claiming the federal program they're forced to pursue compensation through is an opaque and unconstitutional "kangaroo ...
The VICP covers all vaccines listed on the Vaccine Injury Table maintained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; in 2007 the list included vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), polio, hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenzae type b, rotavirus, and ...
She accuses AstraZeneca of refusing to cover costs of her ongoing medical care that stems from her vaccine injury, as outlined in the contract. AstraZeneca, according to the lawsuit, offered ...
The program is an outgrowth of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), which requires health care providers to report: Any event listed by the vaccine manufacturer as a contraindication to subsequent doses of the vaccine. Any event listed in the Reportable Events Table that occurs within the specified time period after vaccination.