The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is the principal government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. New data shows a total of 1,268,008 reports of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines were submitted between December 14, 2020, and May 13, 2022. This data included a total of 28,141 reports of deaths, an increase of 173 over last week, and 230,364 serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time, up 1,887 compared with last week. There were 6,859 additional total adverse events reported to VAERS over the previous week.