County’s first cancer cluster study to be released
Shelby County Health Department director Michelle Taylor speaks at the Mental Healthcare Breakfast hosted by Alliance Healthcare Services at Mississippi Boulevard Church on Oct. 24, 2022. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The Shelby County Health Department commissioned the cancer cluster study last fall to learn about historical cancer rates in a South Memphis neighborhood.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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