flu shot

Sam's Club is offering free health screenings -- to members and non-members alike -- this Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Get your cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure checked with results in about 15 minutes. The free health screenings are available at all Sam's Clubs that have a...

Natural medicine guru Mike Adams is unveiling a boisterous rap music video effort to suggest that the right way to counter the flu could be vitamin D rather than vaccinations. To probably no one's surprise, the government isn't exactly thrilled. The colorful and sometimes off-color effort, called...

It may be the perfect gift for the person who has everything: a Walgreens gift card good for one flu shot. Walgreens will offer the gift cards as well as round-the-clock, no-appointment-necessary flu shots at each of its 7,500 locations.

A biotech with a novel method of making vaccines, has a promising swine flu drug. So far, so good, but it's hardly a lock

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...

As my husband was recently struggling to sleep while battling his swine flu symptoms -- I wish I could get one of those test kits to determine for sure what he has -- I made a shopping list. I added disinfectant wipes after swabbing down the phone and remote controls he used. Also on the list went...

As emergency rooms fill with people worried about swine flu, and the drumbeat of warnings from the Centers for Disease Control gets louder, Americans are squirting hand sanitizer at an astonishing pace. Between July and September, shipments of hand sanitizer rose a remarkable 129 percent over the...

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...