1.   Clinton first proposed that the government distribute free vaccine to all children.

2.   Congress established a new program to provide free vaccines to low-income and uninsured children last year, but did not specify how the vaccines would be distributed.

3.   Earlier this week, it abandoned plans to establish a national warehouse to store and distribute free vaccines for children.

4.   Federal health officials did not conduct a systematic review of storing and distributing vaccine using commercial distributors, which are eager for the business.

5.   Experts in immunization, though, question whether any strategy can ensure that flu vaccine will be distributed equitably once it hits the open market.

6.   Governor Lincoln Almond held a televised town meeting on the situation Friday night, and he was working to get schools to begin distributing vaccines next week.

7.   Lawmakers from North Dakota and California have called for a federal investigation into how flu vaccine is distributed.

8.   The company said it would begin distributing the vaccine, known as Havrix, in the next several weeks.

9.   The government would instead establish a national warehouse, to store and distribute vaccine.

10.   To receive the money, countries must submit detailed plans for distributing the vaccines as well as agree to pay for them after the five-year period.