flu season

A new survey conducted by Walgreens suggests that the flu season can seriously impact your wallet, costing Americans with no paid sick days nearly $7 billion.

(Muscular Dystrophy Association) Muscular Dystrophy Association has partnered with Walgreens pharmacies to provide flu shots at more than 8,000 locations nationwide for people with neuromuscular diseases.

Families living with neuromuscular diseases should visit MDA's Flu Season Resource Center or call 800-572-1717 to get flu shot vouchers.

The vouchers can be redeemed at Walgreens or Duane Reade pharmacies; or Walgreens Take Care Clinics.

Even if they got one last year, most children should get another dose of the flu vaccine before flu season begins, according to the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved the influenza vaccine formulation for the 2011 to 2012 flu season.

(MedPage Today) -- Having an egg allergy is no longer a contraindication to influenza vaccination, according to new guidance for the upcoming flu season from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Flu vaccination rates remained high during the 2010-2011 flu season, according to data in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

(MedPage Today) -- The 2010-2011 flu season peaked in the U.S. in early February and came to a close in the middle of April, according to the CDC.

Pregnant women who get a flu vaccine may be less likely to have a premature birth or deliver a baby of low birth weight during flu season.

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) With the current outbreak of the flu season in Israel, hospitals are reporting overcrowding, and doctors are advising people who have not yet been vaccinated against flu to get their shots.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Flu season appears to be picking up....