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December 2, 2025

Getting Your Flu Shot Matters

David Wise

A teenage girl receives the HPV vaccine.

By Sheldon Riklon, M.D.

Every year, many people in the United States get sick with the flu.

November 27, 2023

Five Flu Vaccine Myths … Busted!

News Staff

Little girl receives a flu shot. Image text says "Five Myths About Flu Vaccines."

  By Sheldon Riklon, M.D. The best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated every year. However, myths about the flu shot often cause people to skip it. For National Flu Vaccination Week (Dec. 4-8), here are five of the most common, and untrue, myths about the flu vaccine. Myth: Flu vaccines can…

September 13, 2021

UAMS Opens New Vaccine Clinic

Kate Franks

UAMS has opened a new vaccine clinic, offering vaccines for COVID-19 and influenza, at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has opened a new vaccine clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock to provide both COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.

November 14, 2014

UAMS 12th Street Center Teaches Community How to Survive the Holidays

Ben Boulden

Nov. 14, 2014 | The UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center’s Surviving the Holidays event Nov. 6 showed the public how to enjoy the holidays while avoiding the season’s unhealthy pitfalls – flu, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity.