by WorldTribune Staff, June 26, 2026 Non-AI Real World News
The FDA revised the autopsy results of children who died after receiving the Covid injection in order to reduce the number of children the agency classified as having died as a result of the FDA-approved shots, according to documents released last week by Sen. Ron Johnson.
The documents show that in November 2025 the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) identified 10 child deaths related to the Covid shots. But in December 2025, it reduced the number to seven and downgraded the probability that those deaths were connected to the children’s vaccination, Children’s Health Defense’s The Defender reported on June 22.
The reduced number of child deaths attributed to the jab was enough to trigger concern among some FDA scientists about the safety of the shots, Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said in a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CDC Acting Director Jay Bhattacharya, and FDA Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas.
“Although what drove the decision to change these three cases remains to be seen, what is clear is that these officials appear to have determined that the seven cases warranted warning about the risks,” Johnson wrote. These risks “should have raised serious concerns at HHS and CDC about the mRNA Covid-19 injections.”
The Daily Caller, which first reported the story, quoted two former FDA officials and a forensic pathologist who performed two of the children’s autopsies. One of the FDA officials told the outlet the emails reveal “a coverup” by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Even after the downgrade, the FDA’s Division of Pharmacovigilance recommended revising the label of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA Covid shots to include a warning about the risk of “myocarditis with fatal outcomes.”
The change was never made.
“Myocarditis is widely associated with the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, with reports of deaths connected to the vaccines, particularly among teenage and young adult males,” The Defender noted.
Johnson, who chairs the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is investigating a potential federal cover-up of risks associated with the Covid injection.
In a post on X earlier this month, Johnson called the cover-up “way bigger than Watergate.” In a follow-up post, he called it “the biggest government scandal” of his lifetime.
The Daily Caller reported that the children’s deaths occurred in 2021 and 2022, but were not revealed until 2025.
One of the unnamed FDA officials who spoke to the outlet said: “One wonders if there was internal pressure at the FDA during that time not to report these pediatric deaths in a timely manner.”
Attorney Greg Glaser said the FDA’s “maneuvering to obscure the true devastation of these vaccines is the definition of a fraudulent act” to protect Big Pharma.
Johnson is asking the CDC to provide him with all records relating to its decision to award Pfizer new contracts for its Covid shots, and all CDC and FDA records about child deaths related to jab and any deliberations that occurred over whether to change the labels of the Pfizer and Moderna doses.
Brian Hooker, Ph.D., chief scientific officer for Children’s Health Defense, said the number of child deaths linked to the Covid shots is likely much higher, citing reports from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
Hooker said:
“VAERS reports (for U.S. only) show 84 child deaths (17 and under) from the Covid shot. We know that because of the gross underreporting of VAERS and the consistent efforts by the medical profession to mask vaccine deaths, 84 child deaths are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to mortality associated with the Covid shot.
“In light of this, it seems ridiculous to quibble over the HHS [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] trying to reduce the number of deaths from 10 to 7. However, it belies the fact that when it comes to vaccines, the deep state within HHS, past and present, will lie through their teeth about a death or injury related to vaccines.”
