FDA Investigation Into Child Deaths and COVID-19 Vaccination: What to Know

Federal officials acknowledged for the first time that COVID-19 vaccines resulted in deaths among children.

A vial of the children’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sits in the foreground as children wait to be vaccinated at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., on Nov. 2, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that at least 10 deaths of children were related to COVID-19 vaccination.

It’s the first time federal officials have determined that COVID-19 vaccines played a role in the deaths of minors.