The male boss at newspaper with terrible flu taking care (7)
I believe the answer is:
heedful
'taking care' is the definition.
'the male boss at newspaper with terrible flu' is the wordplay.
'the male' becomes 'he'.
'boss at newspaper' becomes 'ed' (editor).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'flu' is an anagram of 'ful'.
'he'+'ed'+'ful'='HEEDFUL'
(Other definitions for heedful that I've seen before include "Wary" , "Cautious" , "Attentive - circumspect" , "Attentive, listening carefully" , "Prudent" .)