Study and Report on Health Conditions of Members of the Armed Forces Developed after Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine
"... This report covers findings of the requested study assessing health conditions among active duty Service members following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. The Department conducted a study assessing health conditions that represent potential adverse events arising in active duty Service members following COVID-19 vaccination. Fifteen conditions were analyzed for the period of 2017-2023, including cardiac diagnoses, acute kidney injury, thrombotic disorders, neurovascular events, other neurologic conditions, and appendicitis. The study found that incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis increased in the short term after vaccination, but this was not sustained over a 1-year period and the increase was small relative to post-infection incidence rates. Incidence of 6 conditions decreased following vaccination, while incidence of 14 conditions increased following SARS-CoV-2 infection; for most conditions, incidence was highest among those who had been infected but not vaccinated. Among the vaccinated population, incidence sometimes varied by vaccine type or by age."
Key Excerpts taken from letters to Congress from Merlynn Carson, MD, in performing the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
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