Bush Will Skip Flu Shot; Kerry Cites Health Care Flaws
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President Bush on Wednesday urged healthy Americans to forego flu shots, in short supply this year, and said he was not going to get one.
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The Minnesota Department of Health is asking health care workers to skip getting flu shots this year, saying it&#39;s necessary to save the scarce vaccine for those who need it the most.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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WASHINGTON Oct. 14, 2004 - Don&#39;t expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation&#39;s health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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Sen. John Kerry hasn't gone away quietly. In his first major speech since conceding the presidential election, the Massachusetts Democrat took aim at President Bush's health care proposals on Thursday, saying they were irresponsible and won't meet the needs of children and low-income families who don't have health coverage.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry blamed President Bush on Thursday for failing to take action that would bring down health-care costs for Americans and help the 5
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The staggering loss of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine supply has turned medical advice on its head: Healthy Americans should skip flu shots, the government is urging, but only so the sick and elderly can get theirs.
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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President Bush today defended his administration&#39;s efforts to provide the public with an adequate supply of flu vaccine, blaming a production flaw abroad for the shortage and pledging that
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that President Bush has failed to hold down rising health care costs during his four years in office, citing a new report that showed a double-digit increase in insurance premiums for the fourth
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Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards accused the Bush administration on Thursday of ignoring problems ranging from scarce flu vaccine to the war in Iraq while officials campaign in battleground states and asked, "Who's minding the store?"
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WASHINGTON - A senator suggested Tuesday that money federal health officials have sought to upgrade flu vaccine production is on the way - an effort to avoid another year like this one, when the United States lost nearly half its supply of vaccine.
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President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry dueled over health care and the expired assault weapons ban on Monday, with Bush slamming Kerry for backing a costly "government takeover" of health care that would lead to higher taxes.
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The U.S. military will give flu  shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to  high-risk family dependents, but thousands of others will go  unprotected this year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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Oct 15, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Federal health officials today ruled out using any of Chiron Corporation&#39;s influenza vaccine in the United States this year, following the completion of inspections at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England.
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Officials said that most healthy adults should delay or skip flu shots so that people most at risk can get scarce supplies.
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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.