SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Inside the FDA’s ‘cover-up’ over child deaths linked to Covid vaccines

Insider accounts, leaked memos and Congressional scrutiny reveal what happened behind closed doors at the FDA after reports of paediatric deaths following Covid vaccination.

In September 2025, then-U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr Marty Makary publicly acknowledged that the agency was investigating reports of child deaths following Covid-19 vaccination.

“We do know at the FDA… that there had been children who have died from the COVID vaccine,” Makary said during a CNN interview.

By that stage, however, a fierce internal dispute had already emerged inside the FDA over what investigators believed the evidence showed — and whether the public should ever see the full findings.

“It really did feel like there was some sort of cover-up going on about the Covid-19 vaccines,” said one individual familiar with the discussions.

MD Reports spoke with several current/former agency officials, advisers, and individuals briefed on the discussions, all of whom requested anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly discuss internal FDA deliberations.