flu

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.

Kate Genovese, a registered nurse for 30 years, was heading to Las Vegas for a conference when she noticed a woman in front of her on the airport escalator sneezing. The woman had the best of intentions -- she covered her nose and mouth. But she loused things up when she placed her germ-filled hand...

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.

With most U.S. hospitals and doctors' offices still mired in paper, new federal standards for electronic records seek to resolve this mess -- although they're not without controversy.

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...

It was confirmed a world wide pandemic almost six months ago, and a national medical emergency last week, but where are the shots for the H1N1 vaccine? With widespread infection in 46 states, school closings, and employees missing work, it would be nice to have the H1N1 vaccine about now."This is a...

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...

From an ultraviolet light that will supposedly "destroy swine flu virus" to a dietary supplement claiming to be "more effective than the swine flu shot," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on hundreds of suspected items sold online. Those claims, as the Los Angeles Times...

With flu season approaching, and a second wave of the swine flu expected, the unemployed and uninsured are most likely to feel the pain first if they can't afford to get medical care. Healthcare providers in southeast Texas, for example, are preparing for more drop-in patients who are uninsured...