Stroke and death after Moderna

Fatal Post COVID mRNA-Vaccine Associated Cerebral Ischemia Keywords: COVID-19; Moderna vaccine; cerebral edema; neurology; stroke. McMillan N, Rosenberg HJ, Anderson MP, Pal P, Stephenson K, Fehnel CR. Fatal Post COVID mRNA-Vaccine Associated Cerebral Ischemia. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Apr;13(2):156-158. doi: Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 37064937; PMCID: PMC10091442. Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Background Venous thromboses have been linked to several COVID-19 vaccines Here we describe a case of post-Moderna COVID-19 vaccination arterial infarct, with vaccine-associated diffuse cortical edema, that was complicated by refractory intracranial hypertension. Case summary 24 hrs after receiving her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, a 30-year-old female developed severe headache.