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About ReportHarm

ReportHarm.online helps people report what they observed to the official U.S. system that takes the report.

ReportHarm started with a post on the social media platform X.com.

A paramedic with decades of experience described changes he said he had observed in his work after the COVID-19 vaccines were introduced.

People challenged what he was saying, and the conversation quickly became an argument over whether his observations were valid.

But there was a more useful response:

Why argue about an observation when there's a system for reporting it?

Instead of asking him to prove what caused what he was seeing, the answer was simple: report what you observe. Each instance. Put the information where it can become part of the larger safety record.

That conversation exposed a bigger problem.

A lot of people don't know they can report a suspected medical harm. They may think that only a doctor can report it, but patients, family members, caregivers, and healthcare professionals can report. They may not know where to report it. And many assume they have to prove that a vaccine, drug, biologic, or medical device caused the event before they're allowed to say anything.

They don't.

Reporting an observation is not the same as establishing causation.

That's what ReportHarm is built around.

If something happened, document what you know and send the observation to the appropriate official reporting system. Safety monitors can look across reports for patterns. Investigation comes later.

You don't have to win an argument first.

Report harm. Don't prove harm.

ReportHarm doesn't decide whether a medical product caused an event. It doesn't collect your report, and it doesn't ask for your medical information.

It helps you understand what can be reported, what information may be useful, and where the official reporting system is.

Something happened. You have a voice. Report what you observed.

What this site is

Patient Safety Initiative is the larger project. ReportHarm.online is its public reporting resource.

Independence

Independent. Patient Safety Initiative is not part of, endorsed by, or affiliated with the U.S. government, HHS, CDC, or FDA.

Privacy

  • No forms, no accounts, and no medical-history questions.
  • The pages and scripts we publish set no cookies and run no analytics or tracking scripts. They make no requests to other companies' servers, and the fonts and images come from our own server.
  • The checklist on the home page is a list to read and tick. Nothing you tick is sent or saved.
  • Our web host, Hostinger, and its content delivery network handle requests to this site. The host automatically records standard server logs, such as your IP address, the time, the page or link requested, your browser and device type, and your approximate country. We can see basic visit statistics from those logs in our hosting dashboard, such as request counts and countries. We add no tracking of our own.
  • Report buttons and links to official sites pass through an address on this site for a moment, so the logs can show that a link was used. We never receive your report. It happens on the official site.
  • If you email contact@reportharm.online, we receive your email address and whatever you write, kept in our mailbox at our web host. Please don't include medical details.
  • When you go to VAERS, FDA, HRSA, or any other official site, that site's own privacy rules apply.

Accessibility

We want this site to be usable by everyone who needs it, including people who use a keyboard, a screen reader, or large text.

What we've done

  • Pages have clear headings, labeled sections, and a “Skip to main content” link. Links and buttons have descriptive names.
  • The site's controls can be operated from the keyboard. Sections open and close with Enter or Space. The keyboard focus outline is visible against every background and is never hidden behind the fixed Report bar on phones.
  • Text can be enlarged to 200%, and pages fit a 320-pixel-wide screen without sideways scrolling.
  • There is no video or audio, and nothing animates on its own. Smooth scrolling is turned off if your device asks for reduced motion.
  • We checked the pages with automated tools (axe-core, against WCAG 2.2 Level AA rules) and reviewed keyboard use, focus, zoom, and color contrast by hand.

What we haven't done

  • We have not had the site tested by people who use screen readers or other assistive technology, and it has not had an independent accessibility audit. We build toward WCAG 2.2 Level AA, but we don't claim formal conformance or certification.
  • The official sites and documents we link to, including VAERS, FDA and HRSA pages and PDF forms, are not ours, and we haven't assessed their accessibility.

Tell us about a barrier

If something here is hard to use, email contact@reportharm.online with the page and what went wrong. We will try to fix it.

Last reviewed: October 2026.

Notices

  • In a medical emergency, dial 911 from your phone immediately.
  • This site isn't medical or legal advice. Talk to a healthcare professional about your health.
  • Reporting rules and web addresses change. Check the official site before you rely on anything here, and see how we verify our sources.

Contact

Questions or a broken link? contact@reportharm.online