Lauren Miller v. HHS - Influenza, severe headaches, fatigue, memory problems, and intermittent low-grade fevers (2025)

On July 10, 2019, Lauren Miller filed a petition alleging that HPV and influenza vaccinations administered on November 22, 2016 caused severe headaches, fatigue, memory problems, and intermittent low-grade fevers. The public dismissal decision does not state her exact age, but the case was filed in her own name.

The case did not move forward on a supported causal record. Petitioner's expert, Dr.

Omid Akbari, offered a vaccine-causation theory, while respondent relied on experts Dr. Shawn Aylward and Dr.

S. Mark Tompkins.

In a Rule 5 order, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran identified several causation problems, especially timing.

The medical records included histories of headaches beginning before the vaccinations, including notations of headaches one year earlier and two to three years earlier. The Chief Special Master also found the proposed theory non-specific and the claimed injury presentation shifting.

After being directed to provide better temporal evidence, Ms. Miller did not supply evidence sufficient to cure those problems.

On September 22, 2025, she moved to dismiss, stating that she intended to reject judgment and pursue a civil action. Chief Special Master Corcoran dismissed the petition with prejudice on September 23, 2025.

No compensation was awarded. Ms.

Miller was represented by Mark T. Sadaka of the Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC.