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NIH vaccine injury center will also probe long-term infection impacts | STAT (opens in a new tab)

statnews.com · 2026-10-26

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Several possible studies

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Multiple potential source studies identified.

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Claim 1 of 3Not checkedA new National Institutes of Health center was announced to focus on patients with vaccine injuries.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 3Not checkedDays later, two NIH leaders said the center would also focus on long-term symptoms that people experience after an infection, including long Covid.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 3Not checkedA senior NIH official said it can be hard to separate whether long Covid symptoms began because of a vaccine or an infection, and that the immune response mechanism is similar, which means the treatment is similar.View evidenceHide evidence

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Decision letter for "Could Long COVID Oral Symptoms and COVID-19 Vaccination Oral Side Effects Be Induced by the Spike Protein?"

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