Flu issue heats up US election campaign
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The sudden flu shortage in the United States has become a political issue, causing a headache for the Bush camp and a fever in the Kerry one.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was admitted to a hospital while campaigning in Missouri after experiencing flu-like symptoms, the Associated Press reported, citing his campaign spokeswoman.
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With about three weeks to go until the US presidential election, the two major party candidates are on the attack. The tone is becoming more acrimonious with each passing day.
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Pointing to last year's early and unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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It&#39;s a matter on the minds of many Americans and arguably the top domestic issue in the presidential election. With medical costs and premiums rising, health insurance is influencing how people
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George W Bush and John Kerry launch new attacks on each other about flu vaccine shortages.
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President George W. Bush and White House rival John Kerry are pushing competing remedies for the crippled US healthcare system, with some 45 million Americans are unable to afford health insurance.
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Inundated with politics long before the 2008 presidential election, U.S. voters are in danger of suffering wearying bouts of the uniquely American affliction of &quot;campaign fatigue&quot; in coming months.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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There are concerns in at least two US cities that residents who thought they were getting flu shots may have been injected with something else.
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Top health officials with the Bush administration are fanning out across the country this week to quell rising anxiety over the flu vaccine shortage, asserting that there will
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A flurry of revelations, from Iraq&#39;s missing explosives to the flu vaccine shortage, have touched this year&#39;s presidential race.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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Illness coincides with slump in US presidential poll ratings as tactics and friend's arrest hit chances
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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.
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THE VILLAGES, Fla.  - President Bush told senior  citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing all he could to  ensure they get flu shots and accused Democrat John Kerry of  using scare tactics on issues like the vaccine shortage and  Social Security.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry vied for the senior vote Tuesday, swapping charges over Social Security and a looming shortage of flu vaccine two weeks before Election Day.