Human Services Dec News Today

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 released new data on Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment changes since renewals for these programs started earlier this year, showing enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP is down significantly compared to peak enrollment during the pandemic.

On December 9, 2022, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced they...

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 57th COVID-19 related death The state health department reported a record breaking rise in COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting one new coronavirus related death. Officials say one individual was in the 80+ age group. That makes 57 total deaths since March. The health department is reporting 117 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday. The dashboard is currently reporting 780 active cases, a ...

TUESDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 90th COVID-19 related death ABC17 News Cole County is reporting one new COVID-19 related death. The county now has a total of 90 COVID-19 related deaths. The county has reported 43 of them are in long term care facilities and 47 of them are in the county at large. The health department is also reporting 59 new cases. That brings the total number of cases in the county to 6,646. When you add in the long term care facilities, that makes 6,896 cases since Mar...

MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 97 COVID-19 related deaths to state dashboard Missouri DHSS has added 97 COVID-19 related deaths after state’s disease surveillance system analyzed several death certificates. Officails say the deaths will be captured and reported publicly through the dashboard Tuesday morning. Thirty-two of these deaths occurred in November, and 65 occurred earlier in December. Officials at DHSS report the weekly activity typically causes a sharp increase in the deaths adde...

MONDAY UPDATES: Boone Hospital Center to forgo Moderna coronavirus vaccine KMIZ Leaders said Boone Hospital has the ultra-cold storage needed for the Pfizer vaccine. The hospital plans to keep getting Pfizers vaccine so that others without cold storage can have Modernas. Leaders arent positive when the next shipment will come in, but hope to know by the end of the week. The hospital has given out 862 vaccines and the second dose of the vaccine will start up on Jan. 7. So far 732 staff members h...

FRIDAY UPDATES: Cole and Randolph County reporting COVID-19 related deaths Cole and Randolph County health departments are reporting COVID-19 releated deaths. In Cole County, the health department is reporting 21 new coronavirus related deaths. There were 16 county residents that died and five that died that were in long term care facilities. The county has the most reported COVID-19 deaths with 84 overall. The county is also reporting 34 new coronavirus cases in the county. There are now 246 c...

Cole County Health Department is reporting 43 new COVID-19 cases. The daily case totals will reflect the date the specimen was collected instead of the date the results were received by the Health Department. The Capital Region Medical Center says, The medical community is making incredible strides in the fight against COVID-19. We have an approved vaccine which is currently being given to select high risk groups. However, we still need to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines to reduce the spread of t...

TUESDAY UPDATES: Moniteau County Health Center reports 17th COVID-19 related death Moniteau County Health Center is reporting the death of a resident in their 60s with COVID-19. This is the 17th death in the county since March due to COVID-19. According to the health center, there are 65 active cases in the county and 1,561 overall. The county is reporting four residents to continue to be hospitalized and a total of 1,479 residents have recovered from coronavirus. The county dashboard has shown...

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Montgomery County reports two new COVID-19 related death since last week Montgomery County Health Department reported the 19th and 20th COVID-19 related death in their weekly update. Currently, the health department reports active cases remains at 76 cases, the same as last Wednesday. The county has reported an increase of 65 cases in the last seven days, making a total of 733 total cases since March. The department reports 63 new recoveries, bringing the total to 637 recover...