flu season

Sooner or later, your kids will come home with something that lands them in bed, sick. For parents, caring for a child's aches and pains often leads to household financial distress. Working parents face the additional challenge of finding a substitute caregiver while they're away. Here are five ways to get prepared before the common cold comes calling.

Tallying up the flu's effect on our economy is enough to make you sick. Influenza was responsible for 100 million lost work days in 2010, according to a Walgreens study. That's $7 billion in lost wages, and $10 billion in lost productivity. Inspired to get vaccinated this year? We'll point you to the best deal.

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...

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...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, won't start coming out with its weekly flu activity and surveillance reports until October, but businesses and workers should start preparing now for flu season.High absenteeism at workplaces is expected through the fall, and employers should...