US: Cancer drug shortages leading to public health crisis, doctors warn

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Doctors in the US are running low on medication for cancer patients.
Supplies ran short after production was halted in India.
The US is allowing replacement supplies from China.
But Congress is being warned that American over-reliance on foreign suppliers is a security risk.

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Washington, DC.

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