Description: "I subsequently learned that there was a memorandum of understanding between health and the department which was about five years old. And in fact, Margaret Donnelly and I have spoken about the need to update that document."
Wrap: State Health Department spokesperson Kit Wagar says department director Margaret Donnelly is in charge of managing how Missourians will get their swine flu vaccines.
Margaret Donnelly, director of the Department of Health, says a Missouri resident who was hospitalized in Nebraska could be counted as Missouri's second possible case of swine flu.
Margaret Donnelly, state Health and Senior Services Department director, said it could take 3 to 4 days before the CDC can verify if the individual has H1N1, commonly referred to as the swine flu. She said the strain of flu was identified as being different than the seasonal flu bug.
Jay Nixon announced Wednesday that he will name former Rep. Margaret Donnelly to head the state's Health and Senior Services Department.
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