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Missouri is allocating vaccines to about 30 hospitals across the state. MU Health Care is in Group A and will receive 4,000 doses this week.

COLUMBIA — MU Health Care accidentally invited some MU students to sign-up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend. The email, sent out on Dec. 30, asked students to make an appointment to get the first round of the vaccine on Jan. 3. This is the original email sent to some School of Nursing and School of Health Professions students including a sign-up for vaccinations. However, a second email sent on Jan. 3 claimed the initial email was only intended for students “if they are also a current, active employee who has direct patient contact.” This email was sent to no...

Updated at 2:15 p.m. to include information about the victim's condition. A Columbia man standing in the parking lot near Sam's Club was hit Thursday morning and is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Shawn M. Taylor was in critical condition at University Hospital Friday afternoon, MU Health Care media relations strategist Eric Maze said.  Taylor was hit around 9:30 a.m. by a car that struck the concrete median divider separating a driveway on the south side of Lowe’s and one on the north side of Sam’s Club, according to the Columbia Police Department The car, drive...

KMIZ COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Health Care will not take the state up on its offer of extra staffing to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. MU Health said in a statement Tuesday that is has already signed contracts to bring in extra traveling nurses, making the state's help unneeded. "We continue to monitor our staffing situation closely and have contingency plans in place to adjust our staffing as our patients’ needs change," MU Health spokesman Eric Maze said in a statement. Gov. Mike Parson announced two weeks ago that his administration was partnering with private com...