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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.

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.

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...

With the fall flu season on its way and the second sweep of the swine flu virus hitting the U.S., it's painful to see that nearly half of U.S. workers have no paid sick leave, according to a UPI story. And that, as anyone who has ever had a sick child knows, can only lead to worse problems as...

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...