Press Releases

(7/12/24) The Birthing Center inside the new MU Health Care Children’s Hospital welcomed 245 babies into the world during its opening month, eclipsing the June and July 2022 average of

(06/12/2024) MU Health Care family medicine physician, Dr. Laura Morris, has been named to the Center for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which develops recommendations for U.S. immunizations.

(6/3/24) MU Health Care will close the Women’s Hospital Emergency Department at Keene Street on June 10 and move those services to the University Hospital Emergency Department.

(5/29/24) MU Health Care will open its new Truman Blvd. Urgent Care in Jefferson City on May 30.

(5/22/24) MU Health Care opened its new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center this week with a series of celebrations that cap off Thursday afternoon and evening with an event with

(5/14/24) MU Health Care will host a community open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, May 23 to celebrate the grand opening of the new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center.

(5/13/24) MU Health Care’s Office of Professional Practice of Nursing was honored as “Nursing Team Champions” by the Missouri Hospital Association, in celebration of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and

(5/8/24) MU Health Care will open a new Mizzou Therapy Services location in Columbia on Wednesday, May 15. The location on Buttonwood Drive is just a few blocks from the

(5/2/24) MU Health Care has received the Orthopedic and Spine Center of Excellence Designation from global independent certification provider DNV.

(4/30/24) Capital Region was one of only seven hospitals in Missouri and Kansas to receive the award for both organ and tissue donation excellence.