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Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.

HPV (Gardasil)

HPV444,434 total reports

Manufacturers:

44,434
Total Reports
446
Deaths
2,693
Hospitalizations
15,654
ER Visits
1,758
Disabilities

About HPV (Gardasil)

HPV (Gardasil) has 44,434 reports in VAERS spanning from 1990 to 2026.

Of these reports, 446 mentioned death, 2,693 involved hospitalization, and 15,654 required emergency department visits.

This vaccine is manufactured by: Merck & Co..

This vaccine accounts for 2.2% of all 1,983,260 reports in the VAERS database.

Reporting Rate

This vaccine averages 2,116 reports per year over 21 years of reporting (20062026).

Understanding These Numbers

Reports don't prove causation. They represent temporal associations where someone experienced an event after vaccination.
Background rates matter. Many conditions occur naturally and may coincidentally happen after vaccination.
Reporting varies by vaccine. Newer vaccines or those in the news may have higher reporting rates due to increased awareness.