FluShot

Microsoft and Google, two titans in technology, are separately trying to help combat the worst flu season in decades. First came an interactive Web site from Microsoft to help diagnose the swine flu. Now comes a flu shot finder from Google to help find shots for the regular flu and swine flu. If...

I dropped $25 at Walgreens on a flu shot last week, and wasn't amused for even a second. Sitting amid shelves of vitamins and adult incontinence products, I was unaware of other options until I read a story about seniors at Rachel's Gentlemen's Club near Orlando, Fla., who were receiving their...

If you work at a hospital, you may be told, not asked, to get a seasonal flu vaccination soon.As the flu shot season gets an early start this year, the Associated Press is reporting that Loyola University Medical Center has adopted a new policy requiring its employees and students to get...

Got health care? In this American recession, probably not, especially if you're included in the 10% unemployment rate. And this flu season is shaping up to be über-nasty.With separate vaccines for seasonal flu and swine flu (be advised!), more Americans than ever will be eager to get stuck...

If the never-ending election has made you rather ill, then all the more reason to participate in what's known as Vote & Vax.The "vax" is short for vaccine. The Vote & Vax program is in its fourth year, with the idea being that if you're going to vote, why not go out and get a flu shot? It's...

Winter's coming and with it, the flu. Like turning the clocks back and unfolding your sweaters, getting a flu shot is an annual ritual that, quite frankly, can be a pain in the butt. Happily, this year a slew of airport clinics are equipped to provide passengers with shots containing this year's...