US VAERS vaccine data for 01/01/2018 - 06/14/2018. If you want to
    explore the full VAERS data for 1990 - Present (data, symptoms, and
    vaccines), then check out the 'vaers' package from the URL below. The URL
    and BugReports below correspond to the 'vaers' package, of which 'vaersvax'
    is a small subset (2018 only). 'vaers' is not hosted on CRAN due to the
    large size of the data set. To install the Suggested 'vaers' and 'vaersND'
    packages, use the following R code:
    'devtools::install_git("<https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaers.git>",
    build_vignettes = TRUE)' and
    'devtools::install_git("<https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaersND.git>",
    build_vignettes = TRUE)'. "The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
    is a national early warning system to detect possible safety problems in
    U.S.-licensed vaccines. VAERS is co-managed by the Centers for Disease Control
    and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." For
    more information about the data, visit <https://vaers.hhs.gov/>. For
    information about
    vaccination/immunization hazards, visit
    <http://www.questionuniverse.com/rethink.html#vaccine>.

Provides access to the 'Vagalume' API <https://api.vagalume.com.br>. 
    The data extracted is basically lyrics of songs and information about
    artists/bands.

Fits generalized additive models (GAMs) using a variational approximations (VA) framework. In brief, the VA framework provides a fully or at least closed to fully tractable lower bound approximation to the marginal likelihood of a GAM when it is parameterized as a mixed model (using penalized splines, say). In doing so, the VA framework aims offers both the stability and natural inference tools available in the mixed model approach to GAMs, while achieving computation times comparable to that of using the penalized likelihood approach to GAMs. See Hui et al. (2018) <doi:10.1080/01621459.2018.1518235>.

Estimates joint marker (longitudinal) and
    and survival (time-to-event) outcomes using variational approximations.
    The package supports multivariate markers allowing for
    correlated error terms and multiple types of survival outcomes which may be
    left-truncated, right-censored, and recurrent. Time-varying fixed and
    random covariate effects are supported along with non-proportional hazards.