Covid Shots’ Benefits Outweigh Side-Effect Risk, CDC Report Says

Benefits of Covid-19 vaccines used in the U.S. outweigh the risk of serious adverse events seen in a relatively small number of Americans, U.S. health officials said.

The impact of a few cases of a rare nerve disorder, blood vessel clots and heart infections following the shots was surpassed by thousands of Covid-19 cases prevented, many that would have had consequences, according to a report published Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

President Joe Biden and U.S. health officials are working to boost vaccinations as the delta variant continues to spread across the country and with ...