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November 11, 2009

Find a flu shot, with Google of course

With flu shots in hot demand, everyone wants to know where they can find a vaccine near them -- fast.

Well, Google maps says it has an answer for you. The new flu shot finder (google.com/flushot) is just kicking off, so there are a few kinks, the folks at Consumerist tell us (many locations are showing up that they're out of stock).

But eventually, the tool aims to provide users with the most up-to-date locations where they can find both seasonal and H1N1 vaccines.

Google's been working with the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services on the project and apparently the tool will be available soon on the government's flu site: www.flu.gov.

And if you're local, don't forget The Sun's swine flu webpage has information on local vaccine clinics. You can find that here.

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About Picture of Health

Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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