
Incidence rates for Bell’s palsy, encephalomyelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome were higher in unvaccinated people with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with those vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers reported in BMJ.
“Immune-mediated neurological disorders have been identified as adverse events of special interest by regulators, such as the FDA in the U.S. and the EMA in Europe,” Xintong Li, MHS, a doctoral student at the Center for Statistics in Medicine at the University of Oxford, and colleagues wrote. “These adverse events of special interest have been