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treatable at the same time with the right medicine. then imagine how you'd feel being told you can't get the medicine because of a sudden shortage. our chief science correspondent robert bazell has our report. >> reporter: these are two of about 3,000 children around the country whose lives could be in danger because of a sudden shortage of a common inexpensive drug. >> up to now, we've been able to dodge a bullet. we are very worried this is going to become a very acute and severe problem very soon. >> reporter: the children have a rare kind of leukemia, a.l.l., that is almost always curable. a critical part of that treatment is a drug called methotrexate. there is only about a two-week supply left in the entire country. parents are scared and furious. >> i can only hope supplies last it's just not for my son, it's for the next family that walks through the doors of this hospital also. >> reporter: the methotrexate