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As Walgreens brings its stores to new neighborhoods, they bring with them a tradition of supporting the health needs of their patients. Dedicated to championing everyone’s right to be happy and healthy. Starting now and throughout this year’s flu season – flu shots are available for most healthy adults from Walgreens pharmacy including their in-house pharmacies located at Care Resource’s Midtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices.

While seasonal flu outbreaks can happen as early as October, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February. This is a time to safeguard your health.

The flu is an unpredictable and contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization and death for people at high risk of serious complications. It is caused by a virus and generally spreads across the United States from October through May. Getting a yearly flu vaccination is one of the most important steps people can take to protect themselves, their families, and co-workers against the flu virus. The flu and the common cold have similar symptoms. It can be difficult to tell the difference between them. In general, the flu is worse than the common cold. Symptoms such as fever, body aches, tiredness, and cough are more common and intense with the flu. People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose.

Flu symptoms include a 100-degree or higher fever or feeling feverish (not everyone with the flu has a fever), a cough and/or sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, headaches and/or body aches, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea (most common in children). Wash your hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub, avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, and practice good health habits like getting plenty of sleep and exercise, managing your stress, drinking plenty of fluids, and eating healthy food.”

About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com), the nation’s largest drugstore chain, constitutes the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. More than 8 million customers interact with Walgreens each day in communities across America, using the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice. Walgreens operates 8,232 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Walgreens digital business includes Walgreens.com, drugstore.com, Beauty.com, SkinStore.com and VisionDirect.com. Walgreens also manages more than 400 Healthcare Clinic and provider practice locations around the country.

About Care Resource:
Care Resource is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with locations in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Care Resource provides comprehensive primary medical and preventive care, including dental care, in-house pharmacy services and behavioral health/substance abuse services to all individuals in South Florida’s diverse communities. For more information, please visit www.careresource.org, or call 305.576.1234.

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