No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says

Key Points:

• An FDA report released last week found no definitive links between Covid vaccines and child deaths, contradicting earlier claims by former FDA vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad, who alleged at least 10 unreported vaccine-related child deaths without providing evidence.
• The FDA reviewed 96 child death reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) through August 2025, concluding no deaths were "certain" to be caused by Covid vaccination; five deaths were classified as "possible" and two as "probable," though alternative causes could not be ruled out.
• Most cases involved myocarditis, a rare heart inflammation associated with Covid vaccines, especially in teenage boys; the FDA has required vaccine makers to update labels about myocarditis risks since 2021.
• Experts emphasized the difficulty in establishing causality without specific markers and noted that infections, including Covid and other viruses, are the primary causes of myocarditis rather than vaccination.
• The FDA's analysis included thorough reviews of medical records, death certificates, and interviews with families, and was disclosed in a letter from Senator Ron Johnson to the Health and Human Services Secretary concerning vaccine safety transparency.