FDA Didn’t Follow Up When Alerted to Postvaccination Death of Minor: Doctor

A doctor who reported to U.S. drug regulators how a 7-year-old boy he was caring for died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine said on Thursday that he’s still not sure whether regulators obtained information about the case. Dr. Patrick Whelan, the California doctor, said he filed a report with the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) after the boy suffered cardiac arrest shortly after taking a shot. The boy died about a week later. Dr. Whelan tried updating the VAERS report to reflect the death but learned the system could not be updated. The public version of VAERS only includes initial reports, while a nonpublic version contains updated information, officials have acknowledged....