The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 327 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 490,648 throughout the pandemic. The state’s 7-day positivity rate is currently at 4.4 percent. The state also reported 5 news deaths due to the virus. Since the start of the pandemic, 8,504
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state health official says the loss of up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a manufacturing mistake should have no immediate impact in Missouri. Adam Crumbliss is director of the public health division of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. He
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) All Missourians will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine next Friday, April 9. Local health departments are preparing on how to accommodate a larger group becoming eligible. The state is moving forward with its vaccine distribution plan as Phase 3 will become eligible on April 9. Phase 3 allows for all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In just eight days all Missourians will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The state is moving along with its vaccine rollout after entering phase two on Monday, under this phase nearly 900,000 state residents became eligible for a shot. ABC 17 News spoke with Ashton Day with the Columbia/Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says he won’t require what are known as vaccine passports in Missouri. But Parson told reporters Thursday that he’s OK with private companies adopting them. Vaccine passports are documentation that shows travelers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or recently tested negative for the virus. Technology companies and travel-related
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Authorities in suburban Kansas City say a man is dead and a police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound following a shootout on a street in Independence.
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Voters last year approved a measure to expand Medicaid’s health-care coverage to low-income, working adults.
Continue Reading The assistant director of the Columbia/Boone County Health Department Scott Clardy said getting this age group vaccinated is another step towards herd immunity, as a large group of people are hesitant about getting the vaccine in the area.
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The Senate rejected a similar proposal on an initial vote last week. Nine Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against that proposal.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have formally condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1857 ruling denying U.S. citizenship to Dred Scott and other Black Americans. The GOP-led state House voted 152-0 to denounce the decision Wednesday. The court ruled that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for
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ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) — McDonald County authorities say they have identified a woman whose body was found in 1990. The sheriff’s office said Wednesday forensic testing identified the woman, who had been dubbed “Grace Doe,” as Shawna Beth Garber of Kansas. Her decomposed remains were found in December 1990 in southwestern McDonald County. An autopsy
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Democratic state representative from St. Louis County has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing campaign money for personal expenses. A federal judge in St. Louis on Wednesday also ordered 39-year-old Courtney Curtis to repay nearly $48,000. He pleaded guilty in November to three counts of wire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) New research shows that COVID-19 hospitalization rates for Missourians ages 60 or older have decreased since the peak in December 2020, while rates of hospitalization for adults ages 59 or younger have increased. Dave Dillion with the Missouri Hospital Association said older populations have been targeted to receive the vaccine since the rollout began. “Older
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The latest White House state profile shows that cases are on a steady rise in parts of Missouri. Missouri State Profile ReportDownload Last week Missouri’s health department reported more than 4,922 new cases, which is up 12 percent from the previous week. A Maries County has returned to the red zone for community transmission. Boone,
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No convictions were returned for three white St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black undercover colleague so severely during a 2017 protest over another officer’s acquittal that he had to undergo multiple surgeries.
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Rural areas of Mid-Missouri holding mass coronavirus vaccination clinics are still seeing a large number of extra doses as the state continues to open up eligibility to more residents.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 900,000 additional Missourians become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine Monday. According to the state, the activation of Phase 2 on Monday and Phase 3 on April 9 ensures there is a consistent number of people who are eligible and interested in receiving the vaccine. This comes as Missouri is expected to
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis Region is suing the state of Missouri to get court expenses covered from a 2019 hearing over its license to perform abortions. Planned Parenthood won that 2019 lawsuit in May 2020. Planned Parenthood is seeking $88,213.69 in expenses to get the license
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