Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Nov 10, 2020 |
According to the CDC, although flu viruses are detected throughout the year, they are most common in the fall and winter months, a time period known as flu season. The seasonal flu vaccine is one of the most frequently administered vaccines in the United States, as the CDC generally recommends th...
Posted by Unknown | Aug 27, 2020 |
Vaccine Injury Pro's Attorneys Richard Moeller and Nikki Nobbe are both members of the Vaccine Injured Petitioners Bar Association “VIP.” VIP consists only of members that represent Petitioner's in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. What this means is that attorneys in the VIP Bar only repr...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Jul 22, 2020 |
Sometimes, we are contacted by a person who believes they have been injured from a vaccination but are not sure if they have a claim because they had a pre-existing condition. For example, someone experiencing shoulder problems after a shot might tell us that they had previous treatment to the s...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Jun 28, 2020 |
Since 1988, there has been a no-fault alternative to resolve individual's claims of alleged vaccine-related injuries. This no-fault alternative is known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). Through the VICP, a study was published in 2010 that determined shoulder injury re...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Apr 16, 2020 |
In a word—according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Yes. At the CDC's 2019 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference, presenters discussed a study showing a quantifiable association between deltoid bursitis and the flu shot among persons with no known pre-exist...
Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2020 |
Recent studies indicate that shoulder problems after a shot is improperly injected in the arm can be a cause for shoulder injuries, including SIRVA.
Posted by Unknown | Nov 18, 2019 |
“A flu shot can cause a shoulder injury?” Shock, confusion, and denial are usually the reactions we get when telling people about SIRVA (shoulder injury resulting from vaccine administration). We get it, most people have never heard of SIRVA and most have only experienced the quick sting that com...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Oct 17, 2019 |
It still happens. When we are contacted by someone who are experiencing shoulder problems after a flu shot, they often tell us that they had no idea the two could be connected. They are surprised to learn that they are not alone, that there is even a term for it—SIRVA—recognized by the federal ...
Posted by Unknown | Aug 29, 2019 |
There may be some good news coming to pregnant women who have suffered adverse reactions to certain vaccines. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has proposed amending the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) Vaccine Injury Table to include vaccines recom...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Mar 08, 2019 |
There have been feature stories recently on the morning shows, nightly news programs, USA Today, Facebook and others, on efforts to reduce misinformation from anti-vaxx posts. These should not be confused with a Vaccine Injury and those offering help to people who have suffered an adverse reactio...
Posted by Unknown | Jan 31, 2019 |
Have you been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) after having a flu shot? It is important to know that if you have suffered from GBS in the days or weeks following a vaccination you could have a claim the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and should discuss your situation with...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Jan 04, 2019 |
We have written a lot recently about persons experiencing shoulder pain after receiving a shot. We offer help by representing people with claims in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The VICP is a federal program, which compensates persons who experience a Vaccine Injury, which occ...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Nov 13, 2018 |
It's Flu Shot Season, and the CDC has recommended that nearly everyone gets vaccinated. However, the CDC also warns that on rare occasions, flu vaccination can cause serious problems, and that people who think that they have been injured by the flu shot can file a claim for compensation from the ...
Posted by Unknown | Oct 16, 2018 |
In our last blog, we discussed how if you have suffered an injury, it is worth contacting us to discuss if you have a vaccine injury claim. In this part of our blog we discuss why it is worth both your time, and ours to investigate and pursue a vaccine injury claim.
Is contacting you regarding a...
Posted by Unknown | Sep 28, 2018 |
Is filing a Vaccine Injury Claim worth it? This is a question we have been asked by many prospective clients, and most often the answer is YES, and this is not because we are trying to “sell” you that we are the best attorneys to pursue your claim. While we would greatly appreciate the opportuni...
Posted by Unknown | Sep 14, 2018 |
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), the federal program which compensates persons who experience adverse reactions after receiving certain vaccinations, covers the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV). The HPV vaccine, commonly known as Gardasil and Cervarix, are admi...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | May 24, 2018 |
The GBS/CIDP Foundation International has identified the month of May as GBS/CIDP Awareness Month. For many, until a diagnosis of this disorder is made to an individual or someone they know- most people have never heard of GBS or CIDP. As I have written about before, awareness of the Vaccine Inju...
Posted by Unknown | Apr 25, 2018 |
“Is the pain I am experiencing in my arm after a flu shot normal?”
“Is it normal to not be able to move my arm after a flu shot?”
Asking yourself those very questions? While the last thing anyone expects after receiving a flu shot is to suffer a shoulder injury, we have represented many client...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Mar 20, 2018 |
Vaccine Injury Pros has launched a new feature, Live Chat. Lots of websites offer similar services, but ours is staffed by Ngage, a provider focused on law firms, with operators trained to communicate with people seeking legal assistance. When a visitor opens a conversation with Live Chat, the pe...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Mar 07, 2018 |
Last month I wrote about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. VAERS is a federal surveillance system designed to collect and analyze data about adverse events after a shot or immunization. The data collected by VAERS (except personal identifying information) is publicly available, and te...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Feb 14, 2018 |
If you or your child have ever received a vaccine, such as a childhood immunization (DTaP, MMR, etc.), or the HPV vaccine (including Gardasil), or the seasonal flu shot, you may have been given an information sheet. They include facts about the diseases being prevented by the vaccine, and possib...
Posted by Unknown | Jan 31, 2018 |
According to the Arthritis Foundation, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, or “JDM” is rare disease found mostly in children, which afflicts an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 children in the United States. The first signs of JDM are skin rashes, often around the eyes or cheeks, on the knuckles, knees, or elbows...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Jan 15, 2018 |
If you have found information about SIRVA, vaccine injury, and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program “NVICP,” you know that there are many lawyers willing to help. And maybe you have contacted some of them. If so, hopefully they have told you what we will tell you…
Yes, we offer ...
Posted by Unknown | Dec 05, 2017 |
We have touched on what a SIRVA injury is and the types of compensation for SIRVA injuries on our blog before. However, as we have seen many SIRVA injuries as the result of the flu shot injection and flu shot season is well under way, we thought it would be timely to discuss how we can assist tho...
Posted by Richard H. Moeller | Oct 04, 2017 |
If you or your child have ever received a vaccine, such as the normal childhood immunizations (DTaP, MMR, etc.), or the HPV vaccine (including Gardasil), or the seasonal flu vaccine, you may have been given an information sheet. Those sheets include facts about the diseases being prevented by th...