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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It&#39;s not a question of if there will be a worldwide influenza outbreak that strikes the United States, it&#39;s a question of when.
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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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The US shortage of flu vaccine is not considered a major presidential election issue, a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll indicated Wednesday.
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With flu season right around the corner, a new study finds that Americans are still struggling as much as ever with the condition.
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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 "campaign fatigue" in coming months.
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed over the past 20 years to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani showed up for a fundraiser in suburban Rochester on Friday night, two days after undergoing hospital tests for flu-like symptoms.
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Politics: 29 January 2005, Saturday. A flu epidemic might be declared in some Bulgarian cities within days, Dr.
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People are lining up by the thousands in the US, worried they won&#39;t get their flu shot this year. The US can&#39;t fill the demand because of a manufacturing problem.
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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 Bush told senior citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing all he could to ensure they get flu shots and accused Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of using fear politics on issues like the vaccine shortage and a draft.
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Give the government&#39;s flu plan time to work, US Secretary of Health Tommy Thompson told local physicians and patients Monday during a Bradenton visit to stump for medical liability reform and the re-election of President Bush.
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During the presidential debates you urged those who are young and healthy to give up their flu shots so that the elderly and sick would be protected.
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Seasonal influenza is spreading widely throughout the United States, with nearly half the cases caused by strains of the virus that are not directly covered by this year's flu vaccine.
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Nevada County health officials will be looking for flu vaccine today from the private sector so that enough will be available for children and seniors when flu season starts next month.
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October 24, 2004 -- With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, John Kerry has gone into full dem agogue mode over every issue that crosses his path - and the sudden shortage of flu-vaccine shots is no exception.