CDC chief: More flu vaccines coming
Monday, December 6, 2004 Posted: 1:11 PM EST (1811 GMT)
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation's shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Dr. Julie Gerberding told delegates at the American Medical Association's annual winter meeting that outgoing federal Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson is expected to make the announcement