HHS Moves to Establish COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Table
Updated
It’s official. Published in the latest edition of what’s called the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, HHS states its formal, public declaration to “…establish the COVID-19 Countermeasures Injury Table for the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).”
Specifically, HHS declares:
“The Table will list and explain injuries that, based on compelling, reliable, valid, medical, and scientific evidence, are presumed to be caused by covered COVID-19 countermeasures, and set forth the time periods in which the onset of these injuries must occur after the administration or use of these covered COVID-19 countermeasures.”
Why is this important?
If you’ve been injured by a COVID shot (called an emergency countermeasure), here’s a taste of the broken bureaucratic gauntlet the U.S. government puts you through currently.
1.) You must be able to recognize and get a valid diagnosis from a medical professional within the one year statue of limitations from time of your injection otherwise you don’t qualify.
2.) You must make your entire medical injury argument online (only) using a provided small blank text space provided on the website without a vaccine injury table or established injuries meaning you, the injured, must make the medical and scientific case for your injury.
3.) After you submit your case, it’s difficult to get confirmation the submission was received. Many submissions are lost by the program administrators and many go months or even years with no communication.
4.) The final judgement is a simple administrative process with no appeal to a higher court
Wayne Rohde, author of Vaccine Court and subject expert on America’s vaccine injury compensation programs simply states, “The CICP was never designed for a long-term, nationwide pandemic public health crisis.”
Proof of Rohde’s statement is in the CICP’s performance to date. Since the PREP Act activated the emergency pandemic compensation structure, it has allowed only 62 claims to be paid – a testament not to the safety of the COVID shots but to the insulting inadequacy of the program.
Another important moving part is the COVID vaccine injury diagnostic codes for medical providers and patients. These are separate from what Kennedy and HHS are trying to develop.
At the provider level, you cannot treat what you cannot name and CICP petitioners can’t make their medical injury argument with incomplete medical records from a system that has no official codes to compile their harms under.
In March, REACT19 wrote:
“For the first time in U.S. history, a dedicated ICD-10 diagnostic code specific to adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines is moving forward. React19 advanced the proposal at the March 17–18, 2026 ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting, and it has now entered a 60-day public comment period ending May 15, 2026.”
This proposal is still unanswered. A new CDC director would presumably need to face the litany of issues with COVID vaccine injuries head-on.
Shockingly, during the recent confirmation hearings for Trump’s CDC director pick Dr. Erica Schwartz, she applauded the mRNA technology, including the COVID shot, stating simply:
“I do believe mRNA technology is safe and effective.”
In fairness, she did agree to have an open, transparent debate with Aaron Siri to understand a different perspective on vaccines.
Meanwhile, Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) have introduced the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2026. The legislation, if passed, would do the following:
• Add COVID-19 vaccines to the Vaccine Injury Table.
• Transfer pending COVID-19 vaccine claims from the CICP to VICP.
• Increase the number of Special Masters from 8 to 10 to reduce case backlog.
• Improve case processing of both VICP and CICP by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to present a budget for sufficient resources.
• Adjust compensation amount for inflation, increasing the cap to $600,000.
The failed pandemic response, Kennedy being installed to head HHS and the rise of the Make American Health Again (MAHA) movement has spotlighted the vaccine-injured and quickened the drumbeat for justice to a breakaway speed.
The polling tells the story of a runaway train of unchecked pharmaceutical influence headed for a reckoning.
A November 2025 Rasmussen Poll revealed 36% of Americans believe they experienced a COVID shot side effect.
While nearly half of Americans (46%) believe it is likely that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths
A poll commissioned by The Brownstone Institute and the Health Freedom Defense Fund found, among other highly relevant points, that 68.5% of Republicans and 51.9% of Democrats want the vaccine maker liability shield removed for shots on the routine schedule .
It found further that 68.9% of Republicans and 52.5% of Democrats want the COVID vaccine liability shield, granted by the PREP Act and extended until 2029, removed.
Another poll by Fabrizio Lee showed a resounding 73% average oppose the blanket immunity enjoyed by Big Pharma shot makers across all political spectrums.
Meanwhile, a new Politico poll revealed the following about MAHA:
A combined 51% of adults support the MAHA movement.
Taken together, these four polls tell a powerful social and political story which is, and will increasingly continue, to shape America moving forward.
What direction ACIP, CDC and its leadership ultimately take may matter little against the prevailing winds seeking justice for those injured by mandated, injectable medicine.