FDA Refuses to Say When It Found Safety Signal for Seizures and COVID Vaccines in Children

The FDA reported on Oct. 15 that it detected a safety signal for seizures/convulsions in children following COVID-19 vaccination.

A 6-year-old child is comforted by her mother as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Novi, Michigan, on Nov. 3, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. drug regulators are refusing to say when they first identified a possible link between seizures and COVID-19 vaccines in children.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 15 reported in a preprint paper that it detected a safety signal for seizures/convulsions in children aged 2 to 4 following Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, and in children aged 2 to 5 following Moderna COVID-19 vaccination.