Analysis of vaccine adverse events associated with rheumatoid arthritis: A pharmacovigilance study based on the VAERS database
Pan Lu, Mengqi Lou, Zhihao Qiu, Ruibo Xia, Jialu Shu, Guifang Lu · 2026
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Pan Lu and co-authors mined a United States vaccine harm report bank in 2026 for links between shots and a joint disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own joints. Reports spanned 1990 to 2026 and topped eleven million. Joint-linked reports formed a tiny slice, near five thousand people in all.
Women filed most reports, and adults in the broad mid-age band led the counts. Most harms touched muscle and joint themes, and near half struck within a week of the shot. The COVID shot drew the most reports yet only a weak math flag. Three older shots drew far stronger flags: one for a tick-borne disease, one for German measles, and one against anthrax. The authors stress that the bank is passive: it can flag leads, never prove cause.
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| CREATOR | Pan Lu, Mengqi Lou, Zhihao Qiu, Ruibo Xia, Jialu Shu, Guifang Lu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |