Bush Blames Defect for Flu Shot Shortage
498894
In a state flush with elderly voters concerned about the lack of flu vaccine, President Bush on Tuesday sought to allay fears about shortages that he says were caused by a "major manufacturing defect" but Democrats link to incompetence.
242894
PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
276996
Canada has responded with mixed reactions to the shortage of flu vaccine in the United States and to President Bush&#39;s suggestion that Canada could fill the gap.
117764
In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
52300
Sen. John F. Kerry jumped on the flu-vaccine shortage yesterday with a new television ad blaming the situation on President Bush. In what may be the first presidential campaign commercial dealing
394728
As public health officials scramble to find more flu vaccine and experts debate how to increase the U.S. supply, John Kerry hopes voters will come to one conclusion: The severe shortage the United States now faces is President Bush's fault.
161897
U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated...
571491
The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
165130
President Bush (news - web sites) told senior citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing everything possible to ensure they get flu shots and his campaign accused Sen.
186837
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.  - President Bush told senior  citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing everything possible  to ensure they get flu shots and his campaign accused Sen. John  Kerry of using "scare tactics" over the vaccine shortage to win  votes.
292953
The US government announced Friday that nearly half of this year&#39;s flu vaccine supply will arrive about a month late because some doses may be contaminated.
269416
Senator John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of a dangerous indifference to the country&#39;s health care concerns, using the shortage of the flu vaccine as a metaphor
135028
US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
614175
British health officials Friday said their U.S. counterparts knew in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States.
434424
As US authorities struggle with a possible shortage of flu vaccine on the eve of flu season, President George W. Bush suggested those who are young and healthy forego the annual shot.
422409
The flu vaccine is not the only vaccine that Americans could find in short supply due to a lack of enough manufacturing facilities licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
96972
The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, urging people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.